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Economics – Theory Through Applications

Andrew John, Melbourne Business School
Russell Cooper, European University Institute

This textbook, Economics: Theory Through Applications, centers around student needs and expectations through two premises: … Students are motivated to study economics if they see that it relates to their own lives. … Students learn best from an inductive approach, in which they are first confronted with a problem, and then led through the process of solving that problem.

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International Trade: Theory and Policy

Steve Suranovic, George Washington University

International Trade: Theory and Policy is intended for a one-semester course in International Trade. The text is built on the author's belief that to understand the international economy, students need to learn how economic models are applied to real world problems. The book presents a variety of international trade models including the Ricardian model, the Heckscher-Ohlin model, and the monopolistic competition model. It includes trade policy analysis in both perfectly competitive and imperfectly competitive markets. The text also addresses current issues such as free trade area formation and administered protection policies.

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Introduction to Economic Analysis

Dr Preston McAfee, Caltech
Dr Tracy R Lewis, Duke University

This book is suited for an Intermediate Microeconomics course where calculus is required. Introduction to Economic Analysis presents standard intermediate microeconomics material and some material that, in the authors' view, ought to be standard but is not. Introductory economics material is integrated. Standard mathematical tools, including calculus, are used throughout. The book easily serves as an intermediate microeconomics text, and can be used for a relatively sophisticated undergraduate who has not taken a basic university course in economics.

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Microeconomics: Markets, Methods and Models

Doug Curtis, Trent University
Ian Irvine, Concordia University

Microeconomics: Markets, Methods and Models provides a concise, yet complete, coverage of introductory microeconomic theory, application and policy in a Canadian and global environment. Our beginning is orthodox: we explain and develop the standard tools of analysis in the discipline. Economic policy is about the well-being of the economy’s participants, and economic theory should inform economic policy. So we investigate the meaning of ‘well-being’ in the context of an efficient use of the economy’s resources early in the text.

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Microeconomics: Theory Through Applications

Andrew John, Melbourne Business School
Russell Cooper, European University Institute

This textbook, Microeconomics: Theory Through Applications, centers around student needs and expectations through two premises: … Students are motivated to study economics if they see that it relates to their own lives. … Students learn best from an inductive approach, in which they are first confronted with a problem, and then led through the process of solving that problem.

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Money and Banking

Dr Robert E. Wright, NYU

This book is intended for the Money and Banking course. Wright and Quadrini’s book is the first Money and Banking text to emerge from the financial crisis of 2007-2008 with ample coverage.

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Principles of Economics

Dr Libby Rittenberg, Colorado College
Dr Timothy Tregarthen, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

This book is intended for a two-semester course in Economics taught out of the social sciences or business school. Principles of Economics aims to teach considerable range and depth of Economic concepts through an approachable style and methodology. The authors take a three-pronged approach to every chapter: The concept is covered with a “Heads Up” to ward off confusion, a real-world application for that concept, and a “You Try It” section to make sure students are staying on top of the concept.

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Principles of Economics

Multiple Authors, Openstax College

Principles of Economics covers the scope and sequence for a two-semester principles of economics course. The text also includes many current examples, including; discussions on the great recession, the controversy among economists over the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), the recent government shutdown, and the appointment of the United States’ first female Federal Reserve chair, Janet Yellen.

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Principles of Macroeconomics

Dr Libby Rittenberg, Colorado College
Dr Timothy Tregarthen, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

This book is intended for a semester-long course in Macroeconomics taught out of the social sciences or business school. Principles of Macroeconomics aims to teach considerable range and depth of Economic concepts through an approachable style and methodology. The authors take a three-pronged approach to every chapter: The concept is covered with a “Heads Up” to ward off confusion, a real-world application for that concept, and a “You Try It” section to make sure students are staying on top of the concept.

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Principles of Macroeconomics

Multiple Authors, Openstax College

Principles of Macroeconomics covers the scope and sequence for a one-semester economics course. The text also includes many current examples, including: the housing bubble and housing crisis, Zimbabwe’s hyperinflation, global unemployment, and the appointment of the United States’ first female Federal Reserve chair, Janet Yellen.

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Principles of Microeconomics

Multiple Authors, Openstax College

Principles of Microeconomics covers the scope and sequence for a one-semester economics course. The text also includes many current examples, including; the Keystone Pipeline, Occupy Wall Street, and debates over the minimum wage.

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The Power of Selling

Kimberly Richmond

The Power of Selling is the perfect textbook to teach students about the proven process of selling. More important, it teaches students how to apply the tenets of selling to how to sell themselves and get the job they want, with the same process professional sales people learn (or brush up) on their own selling skills.

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