The lucidity in the writing makes the contents easily accessible to every student, including the one to which English might not be the first language. The text presents a clear, concise, and accessible approach for each concept. The text is written in such a way that it will not be tedious to implement such updates. In future editions, I think topics such as protests, (social) justice, political polarization, pandemics (vaccines), and the future of the green economy might be useful for our undergraduate students. Principles of Economics is up-to-date since it tackles several current economic topics such as environmental protection, poverty, inequality, healthcare, race, gender, immigration, among others. This is important given that we navigate in the world with many social networks and connections.

The contents can be used to raise issues at the national and international levels. The textbook is accurate, error-free, and unbiased. It covers interesting and current topics that are suitable and relevant for any principles of Microeconomics and Macroeconomics courses at the lower undergraduate level. Principles of Economics is impressive and extremely comprehensive. Reviewed by Jean-Baptiste Tondji, Assistant Professor, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on 10/31/20 I liked the book most helpful because of the length of each chapter, which students find manageable rather than burdensome. The text is not culturally insensitive or offensive in any way. I see the value of introducing the concept of consumers' Budget Constraints and Production Possibility Frontier in chapter 2, but I still think those topics are better served in their own subsequent chapters - chapters 9 and 19, respectively - because the brief introduction of these topics in the 2nd chapter leaves many questions unanswered in the students' minds. In my experience with my students, I think most of my students find the textbook written in clear and concise language, although use of more examples would be helpful. I liked the idea of using hyperlinks to external sources in the online version, allowing students to dig deeper into interesting ideas/scenarios in the real world. However, I expected the chapter discussing 'public goods' (chapter 13) to also discuss all four categories of goods - private goods, public goods, common resources, and quasi-public goods.Ĭontent is up-to-date. The book covers almost all major areas typically contained in an introductory microeconomics textbook. Reviewed by ATM Sayfuddin, Assistant Professor, Randolph College on 4/2/22

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