Essentials of Economics (Paperback)

This text is designed with one overriding aim: to make this exciting and highly relevant subject clear, accessible and easy to understand. It puts economics in the context of the real world, bringing the subject alive and giving students an insight into the economy in which we live and the economic forces that shape our lives.

Essentials of Economics 3/e, is an abridged version of John Sloman's main text, Economics 5/e. Some passages have been directly transcribed, while others have been extensively rewritten in order to provide a consistent coverage of only the core principles of economics and their applications. The book is about half the length of the parent text.

The third edition of this highly regarded and successful text retains many of the features of the second, but has also been extensively updated to reflect changes and address new and contemporary issues. It also includes some important new learning features.

puts economics in the context of the real world, bringing the subject alive and providing insight into the economy in which we live and the economic forces that shape our lives.

The book is designed for one-semester courses in introductory economics or for year-long principles courses for non-specialist economics students. This text also matches the new A-level syllabus and will be entirely suitable for AS and A2 students.

Features 

• Attractive two-colour design.
• Current and topical examples.
• Extensive glossary.
• Web references at the end of each chapter, which can be hotlinked from the book’s excellent Companion Website.
• Review questions with answers.

• Use of icons throughout to highlight and explain key ideas.
• 'Pause for thought' questions integrated throughout the text to encourage reflective learning. Answers are on the Companion Website.
• Each section of every chapter is matched to an equivalent section in a specially adapted version of the award-winning software WinEcon, available on CD.

Take full advantage of the outstanding Companion Website for this text, full of resources for students. These include: multiple-choice questions for each chapter; monthly updated links to news articles, with questions and commentary; hotlinks to related websites; case studies referenced in the main text; and answers to questions in the text.

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About the author

John Sloman is Principal Lecturer in the School of Economics at the University of the West of England. He is also Director of the Economics Subject Centre of the UK government-funded Learning and Teaching Support Network (LTSN) for higher education. Economics LTSN is based at the University of Bristol.

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