TV primadonna Paul Krugman tries his hand in the textbook business. Like seemingly all his prophecies, this book needs an update and some adjustments.

not so bad for a text book. liking macro way better than micro. altho i'm not feeling so hot on the final, since i kinda stopped reading this abt a month ago. oops.

bleh

Well, it's more readable than Mankiw, but how damningly faint is that praise? Less technical too, which is not terribly useful, actually.

This one of the best materials I accessed during my course

good very good

It offers a good overview of the basic concepts but the format is perhaps too much that of a handbook, leaving you with little creative study space for extracting definitions, creating summaries, etc. Too much of a good thing.

I don't think I have ever included this in a book review, but the size and choice of paper just made it difficult to handle. So far for reading up in bed, slipping it in your bag, stealing some extra hours by studying on the train. It seems so trivial but over the course of a semester I do notice those things actually do make a difference.

Since the concepts in this books are so basic, I made up for lost study time with Khan Academy, and actually think the courses there could have substituted this book (and the entire semester, for that matter).

On a more positive note: the 'stories' were a great addition I think, really bringing the basics back to the 'real world'.

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When I brought this home, my MBA-studying boyfriend flipped out with glee, like a dog around bacon. Paul Krugman!!!!! He's the best!!!

Same deal as the micro text: Probably as enjoyable as an econ textbook can be. I really enjoyed all the real world stories and examples.

Read this for one of my classes.

Had to read for my macroeconomics class. Very interesting.

Macro will by far be the hardest course I've ever taken. Reading this entire textbook has got to count for something if not my grade...