The Economy: Myth and Reality: Based on reviewer feedback this chapter returns in the Tenth Edition loaded with new content to help liven debates and classroom discussion.
¿Independent Study Chapters¿: The authors have revised the more applied, non-technical chapters, such as, Poverty, Inequality, and Discrimination, to make ¿on your own¿ use by the student more productive.
Ideas for the beyond the Final Exam: ¿Government Policies Can Limit Economic Fluctuations¿But Don¿t Always Succeed,¿ enhancing the macro coverage and allowing students to gain a greater understanding of the content.
Homework XPress: Homework XPress is available with the anniversary 10th edition of Baumol and Blinder. This text specific homework management system allows instructors to assign homework and practice exams online. Assignments are immediately graded and updated in a gradebook saving time for both students and instructors. Access to Homework XPress can be included with the with new texts at no additional cost. http://homeworkxpress.swlearning.com.
Issue-Driven Principles: In line with the belief that issues should drive students to the principles of economics rather than the other way around, each chapter opens with a real-life economic ¿puzzle¿ or issue to launch the material covered in the chapter and to bring economics into students¿ everyday lives. This chapter-opening economic problem is returned to again within the body of the chapter to illustrate how it can be addressed with the theoretical tools and concepts being presented.
¿Independent Study Chapters¿: The authors have revised the more applied, non-technical chapters, such as, Poverty, Inequality, and Discrimination, to make ¿on your own¿ use by the student more productive.
Ideas for the beyond the Final Exam: ¿Government Policies Can Limit Economic Fluctuations¿But Don¿t Always Succeed,¿ enhancing the macro coverage and allowing students to gain a greater understanding of the content.
Homework XPress: Homework XPress is available with the anniversary 10th edition of Baumol and Blinder. This text specific homework management system allows instructors to assign homework and practice exams online. Assignments are immediately graded and updated in a gradebook saving time for both students and instructors. Access to Homework XPress can be included with the with new texts at no additional cost. http://homeworkxpress.swlearning.com.
Issue-Driven Principles: In line with the belief that issues should drive students to the principles of economics rather than the other way around, each chapter opens with a real-life economic ¿puzzle¿ or issue to launch the material covered in the chapter and to bring economics into students¿ everyday lives. This chapter-opening economic problem is returned to again within the body of the chapter to illustrate how it can be addressed with the theoretical tools and concepts being presented.