The features can be summarized as follows :
- “ Compassionate Difficulty” Through the years we have held the conviction that the best textbook is written with an abiding respect for both student and instructor.
- Focus on Models, The best economists have a rich toolbox of simple models they can use to analyze various facets of the economy and know when to apply the right model to answer specific questions.
- International Perspective, It has always been for students living in countries with highly open economies to understand the important links connecting foreign economies to their own.
- Focus on Changing Times, We have strived to present updated data throughtout the book, demonstrating key trends and thorough discussions of how such trends might be explained by traditional macroeconomies models.