Microeconomics in Context, Third Edition
This innovative, principles-level text takes a broad "contextual" approach to economics—including serious consideration of ecological, feminist, and social concerns—while still including coverage of the standard microeconomic concepts and models. This book goes beyond a discussion markets and efficiency to address the question of human well-being. It includes such critical concerns as ecological sustainability, distributional equality, the quality of employment, and the adequacy of living standards. It is the companion
textbook to Macroeconomics
by Neva Goodwin, Jonathan Harris, Julie Nelson, Brian Roach, & Mariano Torras
Print: $59.95 eBook: $39.95
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- The Great Recession’s Impact on Wealth Inequality in the U.S.
- The Use of Behavioral Economics to Increase Government Revenue
- Accounting for Carbon Emission Externalities in U.S. Environmental Policy
- Education Inequality in the U.S.
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Praise for Microeconomics in Context
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are the authors?
The authors of Microeconomics in Context, Third Edition
Goodwin, Jonathan Harris, Julie
A. Nelson, Brian Roach, and Mariano Torras, with contributions by Frank
Ackerman and Thomas
did this book come to be written?
We believe that a new approach to teaching
economics is urgently needed. We call this approach
economics" because it presents the economy as embedded in its physical and social contexts. To read more about how this textbook came to be
not able to switch to another textbook. How can I incorporate
social and environmental issues in my microeconomics
Two chapters of Microeconomics in
Context, Second Edition are also available as self-contained teaching
modules, suitable for use in courses based on other
How does the Third Edition differ from the Second Edition?
The Third Edition is thoroughly updated and corrected, and is printed in black-and-white in order to make it economically-priced. A one-page summary of changes that describes the nature of the most substantive updates and corrections is available.