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Principles of Economics

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ISBN-10: 0073402885

ISBN-13: 9780073402888

Edition: 4th 2009

Authors: Robert H. Frank, Ben S. Bernanke

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In recent years, innovative texts in mathematics, science, foreign languages, and other fields have achieved dramatic pedagogical gains by abandoning the traditional encyclopedic approach in favor of attempting to teach a short list of core principles in depth. Two well-respected writers and researchers, Bob Frank and Ben Bernanke, have shown that the less-is-more approach affords similar gains in introductory economics. Although a few other texts have paid lip service to this new approach, Frank/Bernanke is by far the best throughout, and the best executed principles text in this mold. Avoiding excessive reliance on formal mathematical derivations, it presents concepts intuitively through…    
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Book details

List price: $182.50
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Publication date: 8/29/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 928
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 4.598
Language: English

Robert H. Frank is an economics professor at Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management and a regular "Economic View" columnist for the "New York Times", and a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos. His books, which have been translated into 22 languages, include "The Winner-Take-All Society" (with Philip Cook), "The Economic Naturalist", "Luxury Fever", "What Price the Moral High Ground?", and "Principles of Economics" (with Ben Bernanke).

Part I Introduction Ch 1 Thinking Like an Economist Ch 2 Comparative Advantage Ch 3 Supply and Demand Part II Competition and the Invisible Hand Ch 4 Elasticity Ch 5 Demand Ch 6 Perfectly Competitive Supply Ch 7 Efficiency and Exchange Ch 8 The Invisible Hand in Action Part III Market Imperfections Ch 9 Monopoly, Oligopoly, and Monopolistic Competition Ch 10 Games and Strategic Behavior Ch 11 Externalities and Property Rights Ch 12 The Economics of Information Part IV Economics of Public Policy Ch 13 Labor Markets, Poverty, and Income Distribution Ch 14 The Environment, Health, and Safety Ch 15 Public Goods and Tax Policy Part V Macroeconomics: Data and Issues Ch 16 Spending, Income, and…