Microeconomics [Paperback]

William Boyes (Author), Michael Melvin (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0618761268 | ISBN-13: 978-0618761265 | Publication Date: January 22, 2007 | Edition: 007

The Seventh Edition of Microeconomics maintains the hallmarks of the Boyes/Melvin series--accessible writing, strong pedagogy, and integration of global economic issues--with the revision focused on faithfully representing the latest thinking of economists on important microeconomic and macroeconomic phenomena. The authors have improved the integration of their popular pedagogy, technology, and supplements for a complete program that clearly illustrates the connection between the study of economics and the world of business. The text has been thoroughly updated to include the economic effects of the war in Iraq, the devastation of New Orleans by the Gulf Coast Hurricanes, and China's emergence as an economic power.Microeconomics, 7/e, also provides in-depth coverage of one of today's most significant issues--globalization--and how it affects economic growth and poverty. The authors examine standards of living around the world, comparing the poverty of Sub-Saharan Africa to the wealth of industrial nations. Global Business Insight boxes illustrate economic concepts with examples from around the world; corresponding thumbnail maps provide a sense of economic geography and orient students visually. In addition, all available data up to 2005, and in many cases 2006, has been included.

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About the Author

William Boyes is a Professor of Economics at Arizona State University. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the Claremont Graduate School in 1974. Professor Boyes has served as an economist with Security Pacific National Bank (now Bank of America). He was the Distinguished Visiting Professor of Business at Weber State University; visiting professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; Chairman of the Economics Department at ASU; Dean of the College of Business at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo; and has consulted with the White House, the Commerce Department, the Federal Trade Commission, and several private firms. He is the special features editor of the Managerial and Decision Economics journal and director of the Office of Economic Education at ASU. Dr. Boyes received the Golden Key National Honor Society Outstanding Professor Award at ASU in 1988, the Outstanding Teacher in the MBA Program Award at ASU in 1994, and the Outstanding Teacher in the College of Business Award at ASU in 1995.

Michael Melvin is a Professor of Economics at Arizona State University. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from UCLA in 1980. He has served as a Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Board and the International Monetary Fund and has been a visiting professor at UCLA, Northwestern University, and the University of Hawaii. His fields of specialization are International Finance, Monetary Theory, and Econometrics. He is the coeditor of the Journal of International Money and Finance. In 1989 he received the Distinguished Teacher Award from the College of Business at Arizona State University. Most recently, Professor Melvin served as an economist with Barclays Bank. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 576 pages
• Publisher: South-Western College Pub; 007 edition (January 22, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0618761268
• ISBN-13: 978-0618761265
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #709,494 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars My thoughts on Boyes/Melvin's Microeconomics, Fourth Edition, February 6, 2000

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Andy Killeen (Massachusetts, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microeconomics (Paperback)

I am a student in college who has purchased and read Boyes/Melvin's Microeconmics, Fourth Edition. I regard the book to be of inferior quality and sloppy. Although I can understand the concepts coming from the text, the writing itself is inherently poor. There are many examples of the authors misusing words, mispelling words, and making the text generally more complicated than it needs to be. To professors looking for a microeconomics textbook, please look elsewhere, for I am not the only student who has encountered these problems at my school. Thankyou.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This isn't a text book, it's an indoctrination -- and full of mistakes too!, April 29, 2006

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Zoey McWilliamson (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microeconomics Study Guide, Fifth Edition (Paperback)

Even though I agree with many of the opinions that Boyes expresses in his book, I dare say that he does not know the difference between an opinion and a fact. Teaching this sort of thinking to our impressionable college students is dangerous at best and disastrous at worst. College is a place where kids are supposed to be taught how to think. Indoctrination of our youth is the worst kind of sin because we are condemning the next generation to a lifetime of limited thought and stagnation of progress.

There are many controversial topics in Economics. For most of them, Boyes only tells the student his own point of view. Nevermind the point of view of anyone else. This book even goes as far as including an EDITORIAL at the end of every chapter.

Also disturbing, this book is full of mistakes. Mathematical errors, incorrect data, etc. I found at least two mistakes in every chapter. Most mistakes were minor, and a few were major.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good product, lousy packaging, September 20, 2009

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This review is from: Microeconomics (Paperback)

Delivery time was exceptional, I needed this book for class and expected it would take a week or two to receive it. I had it in a matter of days, less than a week. The condition of the book would have been exceptional had it been packaged differently. It was shipped in a thermatically sealed plastic bag. The postal service did something that cut through the bag and into to book (looked like it had been cut with a utility knife). Damage was to the cover and through the first 20-25 pages. I was completely satisfied with everything except the method of packaging.