Economics Is Everywhere, Fifth Edition, presents vignettes inspired by everyday events from news articles, films, family and popular culture. Professor Hamermesh also employs his interactions with students, frequently featuring student insight in these short scenes. Economics Is Everywhere helps students to apply what they are learning in their introductory microeconomics courses by examining economics examples that can be found in day-to-day life. Students will be able to identify with economics rather than be afraid of it Topics that are discussed include opportunity costs, trade-offs, supply and demand, elasticity, competitive markets and monopoly.

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Title: Economics Is Everywhere
Publisher: Macmillan Learning
Publication Date: 2011
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1429287756
ISBN 13: 9781429287753
Binding: Paperback
Edition: 4th Edition
Condition: Very Good

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Economics Is Everywhere, Fourth Edition, presents 400 vignettes inspired by everyday events from news articles, films, family and popular culture. Professor Hamermesh also employs his interactions with students, frequently featuring student insight in these short scenes. Economics Is Everywhere helps students to apply what they are learning in their introductory microeconomics courses by examining economics examples that can be found in day-to-day life. In covering topics such as opportunity costs, trade-offs, supply and demand, elasticity, competitive markets and monopoly

Dan Hamermesh on Freakonomics

Here is a video of Dan discussing the comparative advantage that the data shows attractive people have in the work place.

Worth Publishers is thrilled to be able to offer Economics Is Everywhere, Fourth Edition, at no extra cost in packages with any principles of microeconomics text:

Cowen, Microeconomics, Second Edition

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Krugman, Microeconomics, Second Edition

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Stone, Microeconomics, Second Edition

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