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Price Theory and Applications (with Economic Applications)

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I have only read two textbooks in my life that I would recommend to the public in general. This is one. If you have never studied economics, start here. Extremely readable. Note in particular the discussion on whether college should be outlawed (Chapter 9, "Knowledge and Information"), the tragic story of Treasury Bill #GS7-2-179-46-6606-1 (Chapter 17, "Allocating Goods over Time") and the Pigs-in-the-Box problem (Chapter 12, "Game Theory"). Don't succumb to the Nash equilibrium! Read Price Theory.

This is an excellent textbook for any intermediate level price theory or microeconomics course. The author is right when he says beginning students should find it easy to grasp and advanced students will find the material challenging and thought provoking. The portion devoted to a review of elementary topics is small, and I would not recommend this book as an introduction to economics. Any undergraduate who encounters this book should breathe a sigh of relief - it is definitely one of the better texts in the subject. Instructors looking for a good textbook would do well to choose this one.

The "study guide" that is sometimes packaged with the textbook is not entirely useful; the number of problems actually in the textbook should be more than sufficient. Overall, this is a great survey of price theory with Landsburg's signature examples and interesting applications.

One of the best books on Price Theory. He really elucidates the subject matter. The questions given at the end of the chapters challenge you to the limit.

Landsburg's style of writing is straight forward and to the point and his examples and "stories" that he uses are helpful to convey the concepts. It may also help that I have him as a professor.

Used this book for my managerial economics class and its pretty good. Its easy to read and the author makes every attempt to make it practical and use real life examples.

Book arrived a day earlier than promised, and is in excellent condition. I would HIGHLY recommend this seller.

As other reviewers have pointed out the book gives a clear, readable introduction to microeconomics. I would characterize it as an introduction, despite others' comments that it is "Intermediate Level". There are plenty of simple examples along with counter-intuitive illustrations of the principles. Those are particularly fun and what you'd expect based on Landsburg's popular economics books.

Everything is presented by showing graphs and diagrams, which helps you to think about the principles graphically. You also can read this book without knowing much mathematics.

Actually, I found it strange that the mathematical part was relegated to an appendix at the end of the book. There are many explanations that could have been clearer if they had been incorporated into the text.

This book was used for a graduate level Microeconomics class. Pretty easy to follow since I had never taken econ. before. I ordered my book as the international version because I was able to get it for 1/2 the price of the US version. There was no difference except in the cover design. Several other students in my class had done the same thing. $156.00 is just too much for any book. I was able to get mine new for $80.00! The ISBN # of the international version is ISBN: 978-0-324-64517-0 (Also sold on AMAZON). The workbook that goes with it is US version only so no price break. It is a handy workbook though. I found the INFO-trac site to be a waste and most of my classmates didn't even open their code card.

I got this book for my online microeconomics class, and was very impressed by it, so much that it made me leave a review here which I've never done before. I don't particularly enjoy reading much, let alone reading a textbook, but this book was a page turner! I really like the way the author writes. There are so many interesting stories that are relative to the topics the author's discussing in each chapter that not only help you get through the book without your mind wandering off every 5 second, but they help you understand the difficult concepts with ease. I had no prior knowledge at all in economics but it didn't matter. My class doesn't have any lectures, so it is basically like study on my own, but I feel like this book alone has taught me so much. Now I'm going to go and search for whatever Landsburg has written. He's really good!

This is one of the best books I have ever read. Anyone who is just beginning with microeconomics, should start with this book. It is very simple and goes right to the point.