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Title: Economics, Third Edition by Joseph E. Stiglitz, Carl E. Walsh ISBN: 0-393-97518-5 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: April, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $119.30 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: OK, but what's with all the New Economy worship?
Comment: Hey, the new Stiglitz text book! I was looking forward to this (I look forward to almost anything from Krugman and Stiglitz), but my impression of this new Stiglitz text is rather negative.
As an introductory text book, it's not bad. Covers all the important points of micro and macro. However, I was rather dissapointed that the text book emphasises "the new economy" caused by IT. It has all these "e-Insights" and "e-Cases" in all of the chapters, to show how IT is affecting the economy in fundamental ways.... only, is it? After the fall of dot.coms in 2000, I would have expected a more reserved approach, to say the least, not just all these IT glorifications. Especially from Stiglitz, the champion of the economics of information, I didn't imagine such "oh the Internet is great" attitude. Such as; "lowering search costs, the Internet holds out the promise of vastly increasing the efficiency of labor markets." (p.313) Really? I thought the lessons of the dot.com crash was that when people say "enormous" or "vastly" about IT benefits, you should ask "how enourmous/vast?" This text book doesn't do that. "Today, with virtually instantaneous information on sales, production and inventories, managers gan fine tune their production levels, avoiding the types of fluctuations seen in the past." (P.777) Theoretically, yes. But that didn't materialize too well, did it. But no comment on that. It devotes significant pages (well, 4, but with so much ground to cover, this is quite a lot to the history of personal computers and the Internet (pp.6-10). Nice story, but how does that tie in to the theme of economics? The book offers no connection! It's supposed to give an overview of the issues in Economics, but it's not a particulary good one (this industry is a bit peculiar, you know.)
I just hope the undergrads using this text book doesn't start another IT bubble.
On the good side, Stiglitz's experience at the World Bank has a lot of positive effect. The parts about development aid and globalization is strong (although short, but hey, this is only introductory). It's readable and understandable (but I'm in Japan; compared to the cranky jargon-laden econ textbooks here, most American textbooks are sweeter than candy). It's treatment of inflation is rather deep, which is nice. Emphasis of the environmental issues are, well, a bit bent toward the "Litany" (see Lomborg "Skeptical Environmentalist" on this), but it's good to see that they are given some explanation.
All in all, it's not as good as I expected, but still very good and strong. I might say that grabbing the 2nd edition (which is getting real [inexpensive] now...) might offer more U (utility) for your buck.
Rating: 4
Summary: understandable with abundant cases
Comment: First of all, cover design and abundant pictures attraced my mind and then I just bought and read through it without special burden. but now I came to know that's really big help for me to understand Economics together with quick real world application.....that's why I'm recimmending this book. buy introduction of modern economic theory is reletavely neglected.........I dare to say.
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Title: Principles of Macroeconomics, Third Edition by Joseph E. Stiglitz, Carl E. Walsh ISBN: 0393975193 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $88.05 |
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Title: The Scientific Study of Peace and War: A Text Reader by John A. Vasquez, Marie T. Henehan ISBN: 0739100726 Publisher: Lexington Books Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: The Economics of Public Issues (13th Edition) by Roger LeRoy Miller, Daniel K. Benjamin, Douglass C. North ISBN: 0321118731 Publisher: Pearson Addison Wesley Pub. Date: 25 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $23.60 |
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Title: Understanding Ethnic Conflict: The International Dimension (2nd Edition) by Ray Taras, Rajat Ganguly ISBN: 0321085949 Publisher: Pearson Longman Pub. Date: 26 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Macroeconomics: Theories, Policies, and International Applications by Roger Leroy Miller, David D. Vanhoose ISBN: 0324159927 Publisher: South-Western College Pub Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $116.95 |
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