Hardcover: 672 pages
Publisher: Pearson; 8 edition (February 14, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0132992280
ISBN-13: 978-0132992282
Product Dimensions: 8 x 1.1 x 10.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
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Great book. It's expensive, but its written by all the famous economists. Its a little dry, because it explains the concepts. You might need like notes or some sort of slides to relate the content. Maybe look into case studies, problem sets, or something to better understand the book..? We used it for class.
Biggest rip off ever. I thought that the digital copy would be efficient and one of the affordable options for this textbook. However, it is terribly formatted for Kindle on Mac & is a hassle to read. I was expecting to easily 'flip pages' but the zoom and navigation take time away from me actually reading the book. I ended up purchasing a used version for $7 (plus shipping). Don't waste your time in purchasing this version and just find an affordable print version instead.
I'm lucky enough to enroll in Wharton EMBA class and had the chance to listen to Professor Abel's lectures. The class is ending soon, so I guess I can write my own experience with Professor's lectures and the book. Overall, I think the book is extremely well-written, the approach to consolidate the classic view and the Keynesian view of the macroeconomics into a single volume is the key. The textbook doesn't intent to give us an absolute definition of the rules of how the world's economics work, rather through the interweaved "in touch with data and research" and "application" to help us apply the theories and the models to the real world.I also appreciate the fact the questions at the end of each chapters are also well designed and arranged. The questions themselves play as an essential role to fortify the theories introduced into the textbook, i.e. the questions help us to re-enforce what we've learned in the chapters and gives the typical samples what the theories can be applied.Finally, I also want say that using the plan English and simple algebra (without any calculus) to describe economics is really hard. But this book has done that.
I ordered this brand new and it was supposed to come with an access code. I ordered the book, and it came with no access code. Where's my refund?
Eh, it's another Macro text. Just like any text they cover some topics better than they cover others. I wouldn't rank this ahead or behind other macro texts that I have.It's easy to read.
The book is clean,very nice:DThank you and your book!
This is one of the worst econ textbook I have read. The authors wasted two to three pages trying to give an example that explain a mathematical problem which can be explain in one or two paragraph. In addition, the book gives out generic math equations, like the quadratic formula, without giving a clear direction on how to use them; it then gives mathematical problems in the back of the chapter expecting students to understand how to process the information and finish them. I would say if you were the professor, please pick another book for your class. I totally dislike my professor this quarter for picking this horrible horrible textbook.
It was a text book for a class. It's okay.
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