Economics touches almost every aspect of life, from climate change, terrorism and the development of new drugs, to taxes, house prices, wages, what to eat for dinner and how much time to spend studying. Thinking like an economist will enable you to understand human behaviour, make more informed decisions, and evaluate economic policies.The leading economists in the news today started out like you, as students taking a course in the principles of economics. Like them, you can learn to think like an economist, and this book will show you how.Economics, Seventh Edition, introduces the central ideas of economics and explains them using a straightforward, precise and clear writing style.
About the Author
Michael Parkin is Professor Emeritus at the Universityof Western Ontario and author of the best-selling US textbook, Economics, now specially adapted in European, Canadian, Australian, French, Latin American and Chinese editions and used by over a million students across the world.Melanie Powell is Reader in Economics at Derby University Business SchoolKent Matthews is the Sir Julian Hodge Professor of Banking and Finance at the CardiffBusinessSchool.