Customer Reviews

International Economics: Theory and Policy plus MyEconLab plus eText 1-semester Student Access Kit (8th Edition)

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I had this text for an International Finance course focused mostly on Exchange Rates and Macro Policy Decisions. I thought the authors did a fairly thorough job explaining theory and policy. A fair amount of examples, too. Very light on the math, so if you're looking for something more advanced you might want to look at Obstfeld's other book. Also, I used the web site tools associated with the text. Found that to be okay, with the major flaw that the solutions were not fully explained or referenced to the text. It's a good read, and I think most will find it useful.

Your first lesson in International Economics is to get the international version of this book. It will be softcover, also the 8th edition, and half the price. It will be the same, page for page.

Then take the person of your choice out for a nice dinner. You'll be glad you did.

Very good cover of fundamentals of international trade and associated monetary issues - currency variations, risks, etc. Good description of mechanisms in human behavour terms in clear English with more technical maths separated into appendices at end of chapters.
The MyEconLab testing is good too as it focuses reader on practical issues that need to be understood to get on top of the material.

Parts of it are quite well written and explained such as money supply and its effects on rates. A good read for anyone interested in FX.

International Economics by Krugman and Obstfeld is certainy the basics book in the area. Basics, however, does not mean easy. It provides the fundamental of trade and international monetary economics in a way that prepares students for more advanced courses.

I used this book for my international economics and international finance classes at UC Berkeley. This book covers the concepts of introductory international economics very well. I enjoyed reading it very much.

I took this class in college because my degree is international studies and I enjoy reading about foreign economic policy and learning about the Ricardian model but once I learned that Liberal Paul Krugman and some other liberal professor were authors of this book I thought hmmm...will this book be biases. I wasn't that impressed and then on top of that it was taught by a PhD student from middle eastern Europe who had a thick accent and was difficult to understand.