Microeconomics (5th Edition)

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Summary: A good book for intermediate level students
Review: Organization of the books is good. Topics are discussed with enough clarity and graphs and illustrations are describing enough. The level of algebra and math is at an intermediate undergraduate level (economics major). I think it is a complete book for anybody who wants to have an understanding of microeconomics. I am a Ph.D. student of economics now and if I am going to teach an undergrad micro course, I will certainly choose this textbook.

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Summary: A good book for intermediate level students
Review: Organization of the books is good. Topics are discussed with enough clarity and graphs and illustrations are descriing enough. The level of algebra and math is at an intermediate undergraduate level (economics major). I think it is a complete book for anybody who wants to have an understanding of microeconomics. I am a Ph.D. student of economics now and if I am going to teach an undergrad micro course, I will certainly choose this textbook.

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Summary: translated from klingon?
Review: Perhaps one of the worst written textbooks of all time. The convoluted sentences contain multiple sub clauses and prepositional phrases. The graphs are inadequately labeled and do more to confuse than clarify. Couldn't the publisher at least have hired a Wall Street Journal editor to give it a rewrite? They might as well have printed this in ancient Sumerian. The accompanying study guide reiterates the key topics in plain English, but contains typos. Politically speaking, the book displays a strong libertarian, anti-regulation, anti-worker bias.

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Summary: A readable text, excellent examples, but lacking math analys
Review: Pindyck and Rubenfield do a good job of writing a readable micro text, explaing the theory well and then providing good examples of these theories being applied. I used this text for my Intermediate Micro class and was only displeased with the lack of mathematical analysis (calculus), which was relegated only to the appendices of two or three chapters.

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Summary: Does not live up to what it claims
Review: The book basically gives a good overview about the most important elements of microeconomic theory and is easily understandable for the beginner in this field. However, the author's consistent emphasis on economics being a proper "science" leaves some shale after-taste due to lack of mthematical and logical rigor throughout the book. This is finally underlined when one attempts to work on some exercises - scare, careless sample solutions with very low information content are not suitable to give any benefit to the student. Did some low paid staff provide the solutions ? Did anybody review them at all ? ulrich lautenschlaeger

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Summary: Its clearly written, however laughable as an inter. Text
Review: The book is clearly written, however, I found that it is to simple and somewhat weak as a intermediate level text. I agree with most of the other comments that it would be more suitable as an entry level Economics text. This book would probably be better suited for students who are buisness or non-economics majors taking the intermediate course.

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Summary: Very good, but fluffy
Review: This is a very well-written introduction to microeconomic theory, covering all the major topics you would expect to cover in a microecon course. However, I can attest to the fact that it is overly wordy, with an unnecessary number of examples (perhaps for the benefit of those who don't necessarily understand the subject well). I would have preferred to see a more mathematical treatment of the subject, something more than the elementary calculus used in this book. And, I don't believe it would be too difficult to summarize everything important that was said in this book in about 100 pages.

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Summary: Unneccessarily Long
Review: This textbook takes microeconomics which can be explained in a technical, exact manner and makes it abstract and foreign.

This textbook's sentences run-on and lose their direction, confusing the reader...If a reader had a firm understanding of economics prior to this textbook, after reading it, it is certain that they will no longer have the understanding of economics, that they did previously.

It is a travestly when a textbook designed to teach the reader about a certain subject, actually makes them less knowledgeable of the subject.

I must also ask why it is being used to teach university students in different years and programs, when it should not be, for example in my university it is being taught in the following programs

IBBA - Year 1
BBA - Year 2
BAS - Year 3
MBA - Year 1

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Summary: Excellent!!
Review: Unlike most texts in economics, this one is neither full of abstract equations nor is it completely devoid of them. This book balances both intuition and the math underlying economic phenomena. However, that is not all. As a student, I always wondered whether it is really possible to implement the concepts in practice. This book shows you how to do that by giving many examples from the real world. Whether you want to understand why tariffs are the lesser evil vis-a-vis quotas or how P&G will set prices in a competitive oligopoly, this book will show how. This, "economics in practice" approach makes this a truly delightful read. Buy it, read it and you will never regret it.

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Summary: Average econs book with some trendy examples.
Review: While not exactly on my "must-buy" list, it does have some interesting examples and topics such as game theory and first-mover advantage. Buy it if you study the subject not for disgressionary reading.