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Principles of Economics |  | Author: N. Gregory Mankiw
Publisher: South-Western College Pub
Category: Book
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Rating:  81 reviews
Sales Rank: 338
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 5
Pages: 904
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.2
Dimensions (in): 10 x 8.8 x 1.4
ISBN: 0324589972
Dewey Decimal Number: 330
EAN: 9780324589979
ASIN: 0324589972
Publication Date: September 29, 2008
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With its clear and engaging writing style, PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS, 5E, continues to be one of the most popular books on economics available today. Mankiw emphasizes material that you're likely to find interesting about the economy (particularly if you're studying economics for the first time), including real-life scenarios, useful facts, and the many ways economic concepts play a role in the decisions you make every day.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 81
 Satisfied Customer August 7, 2010
Lisa
My order was quick and prompt so when my class started I was ready, and the book was in great condition.
 WARNING: won't work on iPad May 3, 2010
J. Gould (California)
WARNING: Don't buy the Kindle version expecting to download it to your shiny new iPad, because the publisher blocks downloading to iPads (and iPhones)! If you try, you'll only get an error message saying "This title is not available on Kindle for iPhone" (they haven't updated the message yet to read "Kindle for iPad", but the effect is the same).
Amazon could do a better job making this unpleasant fact clear to customers before they purchase the Kindle version. But to Amazon's credit, when I called them to complain, they were very polite and agreed immediately to refund the purchase amount.
My apologies to Professor Mankiw for giving his book only one star. Obviously the book itself is worth 5 stars, I'm only grading the publisher's marketing restrictions here. I will be happy to update this review and revise the grade when the publisher adopts a more rational policy.
(I say "rational" because I assume the publisher - and the author - would prefer that I spend $111.56 for a Kindle for iPad edition than, say, $49.99 for a used paperback edition. Or maybe the head of the publisher's marketing department is just one of those Dilbert pointy-haired boss types who wouldn't know the difference between an iPad and an Etch-a-Sketch? Whichever it is, I hope they get a clue, because I'm still willing to buy their product if they decide they want to sell it.)
Principles of Economics May 2, 2010
Brenda Machacek
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book was in much better condition than was stated. It also came a lot quicker than the estimated delivery described. Very pleased.
 Technically disappointing April 14, 2010
R. Cavalcanti
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Coming from an engineering background and with good knowledge of economics, I was hoping to find a more analytical and technically oriented textbook in Mankiw's Principles of Economics - more mathematical analyses and interesting conclusions deriving from solid theories. Instead, I find it oversimplifies highly complex issues and disregards some aspects of economics which are utterly important in a full economic evaluation. From my past experience as an engineering student and dozens of technical textbooks, this text "dumbs" down the student and leads one to "memorizing" methods in order to "understand" economic concepts. No space is left for interesting analysis involving more complex mathematical manipulations or the reader reaching new and different conclusions when compared to those exhibited in the text.As another reviewer has pointed out, not only does this seem written for high schoolers, but the complete lack of discussion concerning alternative economic theories makes this piece stand out as a free-market propaganda piece, where no government interference or interaction is the best course of "inaction" in free-market economies. Overall, it does introduce some interesting concepts in innovative ways but for someone who wants to deal with the finer aspects of and more mathematical approaches to economics I would not recommend this book.
A must for beginners April 4, 2010
N. Mozahem (Al Ain, United Arab of Emirates)
I cannot say that I have read too many economics textbooks, but I think that it would be pretty hard to find one that is better than this. This textbook is for the absolute beginner. No prior knowledge of economics is needed. The author starts from scratch and works his way up without assuming anything about the reader's knowledge. What's even more important is that this book is fun to read. This is one of those books that you actually find yourself reading to know more. Suddenly when you reach the end of the book you will be surprised at how easy and fun economics can be and this would encourage you to move on to heavier stuff. I used this book as a self-study guide and had no problems. The best textbooks are those that deliver the message by themselves, and this certainly applies to "The Principles of Economics".
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