Macroeconomics |  | Author: N. Gregory Mankiw
Publisher: Worth Publishers
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: Seventh Edition
Pages: 608
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Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 8 x 1
ISBN: 1429218878
Dewey Decimal Number: 339
EAN: 9781429218870
ASIN: 1429218878
Publication Date: July 17, 2009
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Mankiw's masterful text covers the field as accessibly and concisely as possible, in a way that emphasizes the relevance of macroeconomics's classical roots and its current practice. Featuring the latest data, new case studies focused on recent events, and a number of significant content updates, the Seventh Edition takes the Mankiw legacy even further. It offers the clearest, most up-to-date, most accessible course in macroeconomics in the most concise presentation possible.
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 Great Text on Macro Economics February 22, 2010
J. Valente (New Jersey)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I think Mankiw does an excellent job presenting the necessary macro economic concepts at an advanced undergarduate/introductory masters level.
 Subtle propaganda is the worst kind February 11, 2010
TheLlamaBook (USA)
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I am currently in an intermediate macroeconomics class that uses this text.
Mankiw clearly has a strong grasp of the discipline of economics, but the price that we pay for absorbing his wisdom is twofold.
First of all, we pay too much for the textbook itself. Go get yourself the sixth edition.
Second of all, Mankiw interjects his opinions in ways that are subtle enough that they won't be recognized as opinions. In books written by Ann Coulter, there is a distinct agenda that is forced down the reader's throat. Mankiw lures his readers into the text using facts, then uses those facts to support his opinions.
There is nothing wrong with using facts to support your opinions. There is, however, something very wrong with not overtly distinguishing between what is fact and what is opinion. The approach of teaching opinions instead of preaching opinions takes unfair advantage of a student's desire to learn. Economics doesn't have to present itself as subject to a philosophical holy war.
I offer this quote with my tongue-in-cheek:
"I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he's wrong, than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil." - Malcom X, at the Oxford Union Debate on 3 December 1964.
This book would be great for an introductory course in Macro January 31, 2010
A. Waite
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
But, for the intermediate course my school is using it for, it just isn't rigorous enough. It has a little too much fluff. Math notes are put in the footnotes, and many math notes don't exist.
can I shed some light? December 19, 2009
Caraculiambro (La Mancha and environs)
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
If you're confused about all of Dr. Mankiw's different macroeconomics texts floating about out there, lemme try to set you straight.
The one you see on this page: "Macroeconomics" is usually used in 2nd or 3rd year macroeconomics courses in college. This is because the exercises at the end of each chapter can be a little equation-intensive, and some of the exercises, such as the proper derivation of the IS-LM curve, require differentiation. The text of each chapter itself is not so vicious, so a energetic instructor could conceivably use this book in a lower-level course, if you were willing replace the book's exercises with easier ones.
Anyhow, the seventh edition has just come out: this has a bluish abstract geometric-type design on a tan background. The ISBN-13 is 9781429238120. The sixth edition had a blue cover; the fifth edition had an orange cover. The publisher, Palgrave-MacMillan, claims that the seventh edition balances "short-run and long-run issues in a way that emphasizes the relevance of Keynesian and classical ideas to current practice. Featuring the latest data and extensive coverage of the current financial crisis, the text has also been revised with the addition of new case studies on real-world issues such as President Obama's stimulus plan and a study of hyperinflation in Zimbabwe."
Mankiw is also well-known as the author of "Principles of Macroeconomics," currently in its fifth edition (ISBN-10: 0324589972; ISBN-13: 978-0324589979), at least as of my writing. This text is more appropriate for freshman-level, non-major survey courses, or for high-school courses provided that they're honors courses, such as AP courses. The exercises at the end of each chapter require only arithmetic and the most rudimentary algebra.
Note that "Macroeconomics" is not just a gratuitous ratcheting up of "Principles of Macroeconomics:" they're two fundamentally different books, arranged differently, and with completely different publishers. There are even massive concepts in "Macroeconomics" (IS-LM model, Solow steady state, the Keynesian consumption function, etc.) which don't warrant a mention in the much more watered-down "Principles of Macroeconomics."
The publisher of Mankiw's "Principles of Macroeconomics," Thomson South-Western also puts out an even simpler version of that text called "Essentials of Economics" (currently ISBN-10: 0324590024; ISBN-13: 978-0324590029). This book is quite obviously intended for use in normal high-school settings: it's just a watered down version of "Principles of Economics." Whatever edition "Principles of Macroeconomics" is in, that's the edition that "Essentials of Economics" will be in, since they come out in tandem.
Believe it or not, we ain't finished yet. Whenever Thomson South-Western comes out with a new "Principles of Economics," they also come out with a new "Brief Principles of Economics," which is a shorter -- but not watered-down -- version of "Principles of Economics." The level of this is the same as that of "Principles of Economics" (i.e., freshman surveys or honors high school), it's just that many discussions have been given short shrift, should that meet your needs. Like "Essentials of Economics," this will always have the same latest edition as "Principles of Economics." Currently, "Brief Principles of Macroeconomics" is ISBN-10: 0324590377 and ISBN-13: 9780324590371.
As far as I know, Dr. Mankiw is not the author of an intermediate-level microeconomics text similar to the "Macroeconomics" text I discussed first.
Hope all this helps. For what it's worth, Dr. Mankiw looked through this review.
 Macroeconomics Textbook September 24, 2009
Matty Boy (Burbank, CA)
1 out of 16 found this review helpful
The book covers a vast amount of topics, which is great, however its very mathematical oriented with many formulas. For example the problems at the end of the chapters are geared towards calculating numbers like inflation or GDP, and not geared toward conceptual questions that make your mind think.
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