Real World Micro: A Microeconomics Reader from Dollars & Sense, 19th edition
1878585924
9781878585929
Description:
Real World Micro is a great supplement to any mainstream introductory textbook. In addition to presenting alternative perspectives on the basics supply and demand, production and consumption decisions, market structure and monopoly Real World Micro relates theoretical principles to government policies, corporate strategies, workplace issues, and consumer behavior. The thoroughly updated 19th edition tackles a range of hot-button topics including the ongoing financial crisis, unemployment, predatory lending, income inequality, affordable housing, CEO compensation, bank bailouts, free trade versus protectionism, the global oil market, and much more. Chapter introductions review the concepts examined in each article, and discussion questions help students relate the articles to the theories in standard textbooks. Real World Micro's readable articles are drawn from the pages of Dollars & Sense, the leading magazine of popular economics.