Microeconomics : Principles and Policy, Loose-leaf Version

William J. Baumol, Alan S. Blinder (Autoren)

Loseblattwerk

500 Seiten

2015 | 13th edition
CENGAGE Learning Custom Publishing (Verlag)
9781305505858 (ISBN)

Infos

Take a policy-based approach to teaching introductory economics with Baumol/Blinder's MICROECONOMICS: PRINCIPLES AND POLICY, 13E. Written by two of the most respected economists in the world, this edition is one of the most current economics texts on the market with data drawn from 2014. Significant updates reflect the most recent economic events and policy developments, which the authors skillfully relate to the book's concepts and principles using the right level of rigor and detail. A new chapter on U.S. economic leadership assesses the prospects for future U.S. growth and leadership, based on a discussion of our strengths and weaknesses in key areas, such as productivity, innovation, entrepreneurship, health care, education, inequality, trade, the budget deficit, and climate change. Now this leading text is available with MindTap®, a personalized teaching experience that offers relevant readings, videos, animations, activities, and assignments to guide students in analyzing, applying, and improving thinking skills. Aplia®, today's best-selling online homework solution, is also available with new accessibility on mobile devices, improved graphing, new interactive eReader with videos and graphing tutorials, and more. Guide your students in mastering the basic principles of economics with the strong policy-based approach and vivid examples found only in MICROECONOMICS: PRINCIPLES AND POLICY.

Autor

William J. Baumol received his B.S.S. at the College of the City of New York and his Ph.D. at the University of London. He is professor of economics at New York University and senior research economist and professor emeritus at Princeton University. He is a frequent management consultant to major firms in a wide variety of industries in the United States and other countries as well as to a number of governmental agencies. He has been president of the American Economic Association, and three other professional societies. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, created by the U.S. Congress, and a member of the American Philosophical Society, founded by Benjamin Franklin. Dr. Baumol is the author of more than 35 books as well as hundreds of journal and newspaper articles that have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Alan S. Blinder earned his B.A. at Princeton University, his M.A. at the London School of Economics and Ph.D. at MIT. He teaches at Princeton University and is the author of the best seller, After the Music Stopped, about the financial crisis and its aftermath. Dr. Blinder served on President Clinton's first Council of Economic Advisers and then as vice chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, thereby playing a role in formulating both the fiscal and monetary policies of the 1990s. Dr. Blinder, now a regular columnist for THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, has written newspaper and magazine columns on economic policy for more than thirty years. He is a past Vice President and a Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association.

Produkt-Details

• Verlagsort: Mason, OH
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
• ISBN-13: 9781305505858 / 9781305505858
• Zustand: Neuware