Customer Reviews

Microeconomics Plus MyEconLab Student Access Kit, Third Edition

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

the author explains the graphs quite well in his textbook. all the examples are interesting and relate to real life. i've had the honor of having the author as a sub for our regular lecturer for a week at UC Berkeley. his book's just like his lectures, very entertaning and does not bore me to sleep.
but the book does not help with the difficult tests given since it only covers the basics, one needs to do the problems in the study guide in order to really apply the concepts.

Had this for my second micro course. Yes, it is light on the math, but the material is there and for someone that isn't majoring in economics, it is a good buy. The reading is very easy and the examples/applications that are in the book are very good and interesting.

This book is a good introduction to Microeconomics for the math challenged/adverse. The book covers all the material relevant for an introduction to Micro on a conceptual level, with plenty of examples. However, almost all the non trivial math is banished to the appendices. Depending on your point of view the lack of derivations or formulas could be either a good or a bad thing.

Virtually everywhere in this book, the author brags about how readable the book is. For one thing, after half a semester of ECON 211 Principles of Microeconomics, this book has not been helpful at all.

Graphs are placed on a page and the author spends two pages explaining the graph. The theory behind all of the paragraphs was designed to baffle instead of to enlighten. While some real-life case studies (Dell's organizational methods) are interesting reads, what the book needs to do more is to talk about applying theories to strategies in real life.

It may be true that I am taking a Principles of Microeconomics course, but in a course where I am expected to understand how to apply theories to problems in the real-world, this book is a long way from being readable or being helpful in a course in micro.

I am rating this book 1 star because I don't have the option of rating it a 0. 0 is what it actually deserves. I was required to buy this book when I took a course taught by the author, Jeff Perloff, at UC Berkeley. This book is the absolute worst micro text I've ever come across. It's confusing and unorganized much like the author himself. If you're looking for a good intro micro text, I suggest you look elsewhere. I highly recommend Walter Nicholson's Microeconomic Theory.

This book is hilarious at times, I mean, it teaches economics well also. But the best part is the dry, witty humor characteristic of Perloff himself...took a seminar with the guy, he ruleeeez, with a "z."