Economics - Hardcover
This textbook is designed to meet the needs of a wide range of economics students, from those new to the subject to those who have been grounded in the basics. There are starred sections for more advanced students, summaries at the end of each section, definitions in the margin, questions throughout the text to prompt student learning, case studies, person profiles, institutional material, advanced topics and coverage of contemporary and historical controversies. The book covers a range of topics in microeconomics and macroeconomics including marginal utility theory and indifference curve analysis, alternative theories of the firm, game theory and contestable markets, distribution of income, and poverty and inequality. There is also material on the examination of the effects of the 1992 single market initiative, the costs and benefits of alternative exchange rate regimes, international macroeconomic policy harmonization, European Monetary Union, and a chapter on the problems of economic development.
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CLASSIC FEATURES RETAINED
AN EXTENSIVE RANGE OF SUPPLEMENTS Student Workbook and Reader. Web site: www.booksites.net/sloman This comprehensive, frequently-updated site is specifically designed to complement the text and provide an extensive set of additional material for both students and tutors. WinEcon. This award-winning software has been specially customised to be used with Sloman's Economics and is available on CD. WinEcon contains interactive tutorials which are attractive to use and are mapped chapter by chapter to the text. Tutor CD. This highly-acclaimed CD-ROM has been updated, revised and extended. It contains animated lecture plans, models and figures in PowerPoint, case studies, workshops, a tutor's guide and a large additional customisable test bank of questions.
JOHN SLOMAN is principal lecturer in the School of Economics at the University of the West of England. He is also Director of the Economics subject centre of the Learning and Teaching Support Network (LTSN) for higher education. Economics LTSN is based at the University of Bristol.
About the Author:
This new edition of Sloman's Economics has been thoroughly revised and updated, with several new features added.
It still has one overriding aim: to make the subject of economics exciting, relevant and clear to understand. John Sloman achieves this by combining a straightforward and direct writing style with a wealth of contemporary examples and case studies that bring economic theory alive. These features have made Economics the most successful European-originated introduction to economics.
NEW TO THIS EDITION- New material on game theory, efficiency wages, capital markets, capital market efficiency and common property resources.
- Revision and streamlining of the macro section to reflect the latest developments in macroeconomics.
- Key ideas highlighted and explained where they first appear and then referred to whenever they recur.
- Division of the book into six parts, each with a full-page introduction and 'part map', making student navigation easier.
- Additional cases added to the Companion Web Site to support each chapter.
- Many new boxes and examples throughout the book.
CLASSIC FEATURES RETAINED
- Self-assessment questions integrated throughout the text to encourage a more active and reflective approach to learning. Additional questions at the end of each chapter.
- All technical terms highlighted and defined when they first appear and are included in a comprehensive glossary at the end of the book.
- Web references in the margin, referring students to a comprehensive list of sites which can be accessed directly from the book's own Companion Web Site.
- Full-page chapter introductions.
- Summaries at the end of each section to allow frequent checking on understanding.
- Many boxes within chapters providing case studies, news items, contemporary and historical debates and issues, institutional material, anecdotes and advanced topics.
- Plentiful examples drawn from around the world.
AN EXTENSIVE RANGE OF SUPPLEMENTS Student Workbook and Reader. Web site: www.booksites.net/sloman This comprehensive, frequently-updated site is specifically designed to complement the text and provide an extensive set of additional material for both students and tutors. WinEcon. This award-winning software has been specially customised to be used with Sloman's Economics and is available on CD. WinEcon contains interactive tutorials which are attractive to use and are mapped chapter by chapter to the text. Tutor CD. This highly-acclaimed CD-ROM has been updated, revised and extended. It contains animated lecture plans, models and figures in PowerPoint, case studies, workshops, a tutor's guide and a large additional customisable test bank of questions.
JOHN SLOMAN is principal lecturer in the School of Economics at the University of the West of England. He is also Director of the Economics subject centre of the Learning and Teaching Support Network (LTSN) for higher education. Economics LTSN is based at the University of Bristol.
John Sloman is Director of the Economics Network, the economics subject centre of the Higher Education Academy. Economics Network is based at the University of Bristol. John is also Visiting Professor at the University of the West of England, Bristol.
Alison Wrideis Deputy Director of the University of Exeter Business School and an Associate Professor in Economics."About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherPrentice-Hall
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0745008593
- ISBN 13 9780745008592
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages256
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