PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS

ECONOMICS IS GLOBAL AND THE "PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS, 8/E, INTERNATIONAL EDITION" MAINTAINS THE HALLMARKS OF THE MELVIN/BOYES SERIES - ACCESSIBLE WRITING, STRONG PEDAGOGY, AND INTEGRATION OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC ISSUES - WHILE FAITHFULLY PRESENTING THE LATEST THINKING OF ECONOMISTS ON IMPORTANT MICROECONOMIC AND MACROECONOMIC PHENOMENA. THE AUTHORS HAVE CAREFULLY INTEGRATED THEIR POPULAR PEDAGOGY, CUTTING-EDGE TEACHING AND LEARNING TECHNOLOGY, AND A FULL RANGE OF SUPPLEMENTS TO CREATE A COMPLETE PROGRAM THAT CLEARLY ILLUSTRATES THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN KEY ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES AND REAL-WORLD BUSINESS PRACTICES. THE TEXT HAS ALSO BEEN THOROUGHLY UPDATED WITH RECENT DATA AND EXTENSIVE COVERAGE OF IMPORTANT CURRENT ISSUES, SUCH AS THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE WAR IN IRAQ, THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS, AND CHINA'S EMERGENCE AS AN ECONOMIC POWER. IN ADDITION, "PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS, 8/E, INTERNATIONAL EDITION" PROVIDES AN IN-DEPTH EXPLORATION OF ONE OF TODAY'S MOST SIGNIFICANT ISSUES - GLOBALIZATION