CoreMacroeconomics - Softcover

Stone, Gerald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1429206225 ISBN 13: 9781429206228

Publisher: Worth Publishers, 2007

Synopsis

What does CORE mean?

CoreEconomics is based on an extensive survey conducted by the author, Gerald Stone.  Professor Stone asked several hundred instructors which chapters of their principles books they actually cover in their courses. Two important points emerged:

· One chapter/one week.  Instructors typically cover one chapter per week, or 15 chapters in a 15-week semester.

· The majority of instructors teach the same 2/3 of a standard economics textbook.

The overwhelming majority of instructors covers the same chapters in the bulk of their course and then spend minimal time covering additional chapters. Over 90% of professors cover a maximum of 15 chapters in their microeconomics or macroeconomics text, which typically includes 19-22 chapters.

 

Based on this he decided to write a textbook that covers the core topics of economics in the sequence they are most commonly taught. The result is CoreEconomics, a text that provides everything you need to cover in your course in one chapter per week at 2/3 the cost of the average principles of Economics text.

 

In this sense, “core” does not mean brief or abridged.  Rather, it means that the textbook contains the chapters that most instructors need, but very few additional chapters or special-interest topics, such as agricultural economics, urban economics, insurance, and risk. 

 

Because CoreEconomics focuses on the core principles, it includes very few boxes, sidebars, or additional features.  Rather, examples are incorporated into the main narrative of each chapter.  The result is a more satisfying reading and learning experience for the student.

About this title

About the Author:

GERALD W. STONE is Emeritus Professor of Economics at Metropolitan State College of Denver, USA. He has taught principles of economics to over 10,000 students throughout his career, and he has also taught courses in labor economics and law and economics. He has authored or coauthored over a half dozen books and numerous articles that have been published in economic journals such as the Southern Economic Journal and the Journal of Economics and Sociology. He earned his Bachelor's and Master's degree in economics at Arizona State University, USA his Ph.D. in economics at Rice University, USA and a J.D. in law at the University of Denver, USA.

About this edition

• Publisher: Worth Publishers
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1429206225
• ISBN 13: 9781429206228
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448