Economics: Principles and Applications, 2006 Update (with InfoTrac) - Hardcover

Hall, Robert E.; Lieberman, Marc

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0324335814 ISBN 13: 9780324335811

Publisher: South-Western College Pub, 2005

Synopsis

Because issues of policy and real applications are so important to your course, Hall and Lieberman have made their comprehensive, cutting edge text as current as today's headlines. ECONOMICS: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS, 3e, 2006 Update gives students a real-world, up-to-the-minute overview that presents economics as a unified discipline. Taking a no-nonsense approach to economic theory and application, the Update is very accessible, equipping readers with a solid foundation in economics that they can build upon wherever their career paths may lead. The Update's modern approach to theory is captivating and appeals to a broad range of teaching styles and philosophies. This proven author team focuses on core theoretical ideas and presents a systematic application of theoretical tools to real-world domestic and global issues, teaching students how to use analytical processes to develop and sharpen their own economic analysis skills. In addition, the book's innovative Aplia homework management solution provides the most integrated text and homework management system available.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. Robert E. Hall is a prominent applied economist. He is the Robert and Carole McNeil Joint Professor of Economics at Stanford University and Senior Fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution, where he conducts research on inflation, unemployment, taxation, monetary policy, and the economics of high technology. Dr. Hall received his Ph.D. from MIT and has taught there as well as at the University of California, Berkeley. He was the president of the American Economic Association for the year 2010. He is also director of the research program on Economic Fluctuations of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and chairman of the Bureau's Committee on Business Cycle Dating, which maintains the chronology of the U.S. business cycle. He has published numerous monographs and articles in scholarly journals, and co-authored a popular intermediate text. Dr. Hall has advised the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve Board on national economic policy and has testified on numerous occasions before congressional committees.

About this edition

• Publisher: South-Western College Pub
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0324335814
• ISBN 13: 9780324335811
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 1032