Principles of Economics
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In writing this textbook, Mankiw has tried to put himself in the position of someone seeing economics for the first time. The author’s conversational writing style is superb for presenting the politics and science of economic theories to tomorrow’s decision-makers. Because Mankiw wrote it for the students, the book stands out among all other principles texts by encouraging students to apply an economic way of thinking in their daily lives. Receiving such a praise as “perhaps the best ever” textbook in economic principles, it’s no wonder Mankiw’s prize project has quickly become one of the most successful books ever to be published in the college marketplace.
Publisher : South-Western College Pub
Publication date : February 19, 2003
Edition : 3rd
Language : English
Print length : 848 pages
ISBN-10 : 0324168624
ISBN-13 : 978-0324168624
Item Weight : 4.13 pounds
Dimensions : 8.5 x 1.5 x 10 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #1,526,616 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #2,134 in Economics (Books)
Customer Reviews: 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (63) var dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction; P.when(‘A’, ‘ready’).execute(function(A) { if (dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction !== true) { dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction = true; A.declarative( ‘acrLink-click-metrics’, ‘click’, { “allowLinkDefault”: true }, function (event) { if (window.ue) { ue.count(“acrLinkClickCount”, (ue.count(“acrLinkClickCount”) || 0) + 1); } } ); } }); P.when(‘A’, ‘cf’).execute(function(A) { A.declarative(‘acrStarsLink-click-metrics’, ‘click’, { “allowLinkDefault” : true }, function(event){ if(window.ue) { ue.count(“acrStarsLinkWithPopoverClickCount”, (ue.count(“acrStarsLinkWithPopoverClickCount”) || 0) + 1); } }); });
Abacus –
The best and most fun economics textbook
Years back I read in The Economist an excellent review about this textbook at the time it first came out. The article suggested that the bible of econ textbook had been so far the one written by Paul Samuelson. But, The Economist book review made an excellent case that Mankiw textbook should become the prevailing introduction to economics textbook. Why is that? Well, Mankiw book covers all the subject and the technicalities Samuelson textbook covers. Additionally, Mankiw book is hip, current, entertaining, and fun to read. His economic examples are full of pop stars, movie stars, sports heroes, and other mass media public figure we all know off. He brings in as supportive educational material many columns from the Wall Street Journal, or New York Times written by famous economists such as Paul Krugman, and Lester Thurow among others.A day after reading The Economist book review I bought the book. I read and studied it with so much pleasure over the next two months that I felt I was back in some of the best classes I had ever taken in undergrad and grad school. Today, as part of my work as an internal financial consultant for a major U.S. bank, I often do research projects regarding fairly esoteric economics issues. And, I often review and study specific chapters of this book to refresh my economics foundation. I gather by now you can tell I love this book. Anyone who has an interest in economics should acquire this book first as educational enjoyment, and second as an invaluable reference.
JLR –
Amazing book on the Economy
It’s been years since college and I wanted to get a textbook that was simple to understand and was thorough, yet also was geared towards someone who forgot all economic principles. This is the best book I’ve ever written and wish my college level classes had this all in one style textbook on the economy and economic terms. I work as a consultant, so having a better understanding is essential. Good for students or anyone needing a primer on economics.
Mike Morris –
Economic topics explained in easy to understand language.
Very informative book. It works very well for reading from the beginning or being used to as a reference for economic issues not easily understood.
Jason –
Good intro text
This book was a bit of a breeze to read considering the other books that I have sampled. Recommended highly!
Niki. T –
JHU SAIS — Principles of Econ
If you plan to get this edition for SAIS pre-coursework– don’t. The professor recommends specific sections for the weekly readings, and this edition is not broken into sections. I’m not sure which editions are more relevant to the course, but this ain’t it.Otherwise, the text is good. I appreciate the writing style and case studies.
Khalid AlAhmad –
Introducing Economy with simplicity
I was one of those who wanted to learn all about economy “Macro and Micro” with out any complexities i wanted a text with such ease magniting ideas to understand economics principles and concepts without unnecessary complication. Once i read this book i noticed how intertaining it is and how Mankiw’s did his job in a very objective way, his letter to send the complex economy that every body knows about in its simplistic form which i believe its a point that counts for him. In the other hand, i’ve read about many unsatisfied readers who keep saying that Mankiw was biasing and he is not pointing others views. Infact, i agree with them partially, but since what i need from this text is to understand the main concepts then i think i can deal with detail issues later when needed specially when am not living within United States and never been there so am not intrested dealing with arguments i’ve read in some reviews written and marked with a star or two !Some thing honest to say, who wants to learn the general ideas about economy without dealing with debates and arguments or going deeper into unnecessary details then this book is recommended for you. Otherwise, read some other books that might be stuffed with such different views, arguments, and debates.
Nette –
Some of the details was overwhelming and made it difficult to relay or find
I just recently started using The Principle of Economics; I need the material and thought it would be suited reference for high school Economics. This book has allotted overwhelming details relating to general subject matter and not enough information pertaining to certain subject matters. For example; Gross Domestic Product (GDP) could be found,(it is too babbling for me to find a reasonable example of his layout)nevertheless no example was given for GNP- Gross National Product, in the glossary or index column. I was able to find it in another Principle for Economics from the author; McMillan who was very informative and specific towards relaying the material needed for it readers. Here is a lightweight example; the Gross National Product (GNP) means the total dollar value of all final goods, services & structured produced in one year with the labor & property supplied by the United States resident. The Gross Domestic Product means- the dollar amount of all final goods & services within a country’s national boarder in a year. If you love jumping around & long winded formatted material then this is the book for you, it just wasn’t for me.
Greasy –
Great book
Great
joan garber –
For a second hand book the condition was very good,much better than I expected.Very pleased Thank you
yenni –
This book is so cheap but all the content is still usefull as a new book one
Amazon Customer –
very useful
mac –
This book is written by Mankew in plain english. Its clear explanations are easy to understand even for us Japanese students as non native speakers. If you are a student of English as second language, you can study both of English and Economics by this book.This edition is for sale out of the USA, but as perfect as a hard back edition for sale in the USA. If you buy this edition, you also get a password to access to the online study material for 12 months long.If you think to buy both of “Princiles of Macroeconomics” and “Principles of Microeconomics”, I recomend you to buy one copy of this “Principles of Economics”. This edition is all in one edition of two and plus more information included.This text is written for the student of undergraduated. If you want to study in graduated level, you may afford Mankew’s another famous “Macroeconomics”.
Yinny –
The book seems like quite used before. I was a little disappointed and expected a much better status of it.