Tyler Cowen
Published: 2021-02-23
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Modern Principles means modern content and modern delivery and Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok deliver with a knack for revealing the ‘invisible hand’ of economics at work and a unique combination of vivid writing, up-to-date relevant examples and unparalleled online resources, perfect for your principles of economics course. Modern Principles of Microeconomics places an emphasis on the power of incentives which underscores how economics helps us understand why we do what we do (in other words, the decisions we make in the face of incentives in the real world). These are brought to life via examples including a discussion of housing prices and the elasticity of supply, the declining labor force participation rate of young men, the platform economics of free goods like Facebook and Twitter, monetary policy in a pandemic and the politics and economics of trade in the Trump era. Modern Principles of Microeconomics is supported by Achieve, our integrated, online learning system which allows you to engage every student with powerful multimedia resources, an integrated e-Book, robust homework, and a wealth of interactives, creating an extraordinary new learning resource for students. Key features include: 170+ Marginal Revolution University videos have been deeply integrated into the text and pedagogy, providing valuable tools for both instructors and students Animated pre-lecture tutorials reinforce in-class learning Access to an eBook for easy reading and searching LearningCurve adaptive quizzing offers practice questions and feedback Step-by-Step graphs and Discovering data activities help students develop their economic thinking
