Mark P. Taylor Libri

This biography of James Larkin Pearson employs the poet laureate's words, poems, and prose to tell his life story and to examine modern poetry, amateur journalism, and North Carolina history. The work also examines the Tar Heel spirit and studies the benefits and pitfalls that accrue for those who chart their own path through life.

Now firmly established as one of the leading economics principles texts in the UK and Europe, this exciting, new fifth edition of Economics by N. Gregory Mankiw (Harvard University) and Mark P. Taylor (Washington University), has been fully updated. Much revered for its friendly and accessible approach, emphasis on active learning, and unrivalled support resources, this edition also has an improved structure to ensure the text aligns even more closely with the latest courses. The new edition incorporates additional coverage of a number of key topics including heterodox theories in economics such as complexity theory; institutional economics and feminist economics; different theories in international trade; game theory; different measures of poverty; the 'flat Phillips curve'; and the future of the European Union.This title is available with MindTap, a flexible online learning solution that provides students with all the tools they need to succeed including an interactive eReader, engaging multimedia, practice questions, assessment materials, revision aids, and analytics to help you track their progress.

Balancing classical and Keynesian economics, this work uses the modern approach of presenting long-run analysis before short-run fluctuations, and covers the large open economy in depth. This edition includes a revised section on developments in the theory of economic fluctuations.

In writing this textbook, Mankiw has tried to put himself in the position of someone seeing economics for the first time. The author s conversational writing style is superb for presenting the politics and science of economic theories to tomorrow s decision-makers. Because Mankiw wrote it for the students, the book stands out among all other principles texts by intriguing students to apply an economic way of thinking in their daily lives. Receiving such praise as perhaps the best ever textbook in economic principles, it s no wonder Mankiw s prize project has quickly become one of the most successful books ever to be published in the college marketplace.