Microeconomics: Principles and Applications - Softcover

Hall, Robert E.; Lieberman, Marc

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0324151837 ISBN 13: 9780324151831

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1980

Synopsis

Departing from the encyclopedic nature of most Principles texts, which encourages students to simply memorize concepts and see economics as a collection of unrelated terms, formulas, graphs, and theories, this text provides students with a picture of economics as a unified discipline; a set of interrelated tools and ideas that can be used to look at the world in a different way. This book's concise, less is more approach has been carefully crafted in terms of both content and supporting pedagogy to keep students focused on learning and applying the central ideas used in economic analysis. It uniquely employs a simple methodology throughout to emulate how economists look at problems, and teaches students how to use this same analytical process in developing their own economic analysis skills. Hall/Lieberman's careful focus on core theoretical ideas as well as systematically applying the theoretical tools to interesting real-world questions conveys the message that economics is an integrated, powerful body of knowledge that can be used to address important issues.

About this title

Synopsis

Hall (economics, Stanford U.) and Lieberman's (economics, New York U.) introductory college text explains the basic principles of economics and how economists use them to understand the world. The updated second edition features an optional appendix on using consumer and producer surplus to gauge efficiency, and an entirely new final chapter, "Usin

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0324151837
• ISBN 13: 9780324151831
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 590