Macroeconomics: Principles and Policy (with InfoTrac®)

What I loved about this textbook is that it used many realistic examples to illustrate its points. I also liked how the textbook gave references to useful websites to access lots of practice multiple-choice questions.

This is the best Economics textbooks I've used in college. First of all, important concepts such as Opportunity Cost is explained in thorough detail and given many examples, spanning several pages (compare to McGraw Hill's 2-sentence explanation of Opportunity Cost). Graphs are clear, up to date, and almost every concept/definition is tied into Real Life matters or History/Current News so that you are not only learning Economics conceptually, but applying that information into a real world (ie. They will explain what GDP is, what happened in U.S. GDP in 2000, why it dropped and rose, and how GDP affects us). The book is very easy to understand and follow. Graphs are superb (large, colored, and professionally created). Key concepts are always in blue font so when you review the textbook for a final, you don't miss any information. As you get deeper into the book, the concepts get increasingly harder but are always explained clearly so you can understand. The ONLINE "APLIA" website is great software. It has lots of questions and every question will explain why your answer is correct OR wrong. In comparison to McGraw Hill's "Connect", their software has NO explanation on wrong answers, cannot grade short answers correctly, and the graphing software questions are way way behind Aplia's. There are NO vague questions on APLIA, whereas Hill's CONNECT has many. ------ Definitely get this book if you are a beginner in Economics, or, want to learn Economics in a way that ties real life into it, has lots of examples, very easy-to-understand wording, in-depth conceptual explanations, and a stellar online companion.

This is the required text for my Economics class. Book seems easy to read and follow.

Of all the economics books I've seen as a college student, this is the best one I've read.

i bought this book for an economics class and it is one of the best textbooks i have ever used. it is easy to read and understand, plus it doesn't get nearly as boring as a lot of other textbooks. it is written for the common person and uses lots of examples to illustrate ideas - this is a great book!