Intermediate Microeconomics: A Modern Approach, Seventh Edition [Hardcover]

Hal R. Varian (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 19, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0393927024 | ISBN-13: 978-0393927023 | Edition: Seventh Edition

The Seventh Edition of Intermediate Microeconomics: A Modern Approach is distinguished by its remarkably up-to-date and rigorous yet accessible analytical approach.

Professor Varian’s lucid prose guides students through the fundamentals of microeconomic analysis while emphasizing real-world economic problems and incorporating coverage of the most innovative subjects in the discipline. The Seventh Edition has been carefully updated and revised, adding a wealth of new applications and examples that analyze the important lessons offered by eBay, Google, Verizon, IBM, Microsoft, Bank of America, drug companies, the Yellow Pages, and more.

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About the Author

Hal R. Varian is the chief economist at Google.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 784 pages
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; Seventh Edition edition (December 19, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0393927024
• ISBN-13: 978-0393927023
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.8 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #63,254 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Buyer Review, October 12, 2009

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Brian Mick (Shelburne, VT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Intermediate Microeconomics: A Modern Approach, Seventh Edition (Hardcover)

This is a decent economics textbook used for my economics class. It has detailed chapters and well drawn figures and good explanations of the material it is presenting, but sometimes skips on the math. A lot of times it will present the big picture and assume you can figure out the math yourself, but it doesn't even tell you which way to go with the math (take derivatives and ratio them then multiply by the price and divide demand is not something I could just figure out myself - I like equations spoon-fed to me).

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good, but there's room for improvement., June 27, 2009

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This review is from: Intermediate Microeconomics: A Modern Approach, Seventh Edition (Hardcover)

I bought this book for a master's course. I'm an engineer so economics is not my main field. That's why I considered the clarity of the topics to be very important and the book did not disappoint except for a couple of issues.

I don't think the order in which topics are covered is the best. Fortunately my teacher felt the same way and the course started with topics covering market supply, demand and equilibrium.

Also the figures aren't great as sometimes they are filled with lots of information and curves that are used for many examples. IMHO it'd be clearer to have more figures to show step-by-step how they are constructed.

The book title is spot on!

Bottom line: Highly recommended.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Ec Book, December 12, 2006

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Darren He "in Boston" (Boston, MA UA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Intermediate Microeconomics: A Modern Approach, Seventh Edition (Hardcover)

This is the standard intro-level economics textbook at Harvard, and it is well written. Covers all expected topics to good depth, with excellent examples. A reasonably suitable book for reading, and a simply useful textbook. Recommended.