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Title: Microeconomics (The Harpercollins Series in Economics) by Robert B., Jr. Ekelund, Robert D. Tollison ISBN: 0-673-52305-5 Publisher: Harpercollins College Div Pub. Date: January, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $72.00

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Average Customer Rating: 2.86 (7 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: Substantive and Accessible Text for the Introductory Student
Comment: Parkin's text was designed for the beginning economics student. Those who state that the text is not rigorous enough should understand the text was not written for the advanced student. Those who complain that the text is replete with explanations of basic topics do not understand that beginning students need reaffirmation of presented concepts. Parkin's text strives to appeal to the broad base of students without the dilution that seems to occur when a text is written with "non-majors" in mind. I read several introductory texts before adopting the Parkin text for my advanced placement class. I chose the Parkin text because it provided the optimum mix of rigor and explanation, without sacrificing analysis (within a mathematical context) for a purely verbal approach.

Rating: 1
Summary: Horrible book. Buy McConnell Brue
Comment: The Parkin book is dumb down but so much so that you dont understand Microeconomics the way you'll need to if you plan on taking advanced theory, money and banking, etc.

I prefer McConnell Brue who has been the staple and bible of Microeconomics for years!

Smart universities choose McConnell Brue and dumb ones like Micro econ at Rice seem to choose Parkin.

Rating: 5
Summary: First-time micro students NEED an understandable text!
Comment: I have used Parkin as an auxilliary source for my micro 102 classes for years. His examples are products that can be related to by 19-year-olds, AND he does not use wheat or other perfectly competitive products to exemplify a downward sloping demand curve! Many other do, which causes great confusion among the students. What is wrong with careful, thoughtful, comprehensive explanations of concepts that are difficult for first time micro students? He covers several complicated topics that are left out of the more highly rated texts by Mankiw and others. I am wondering if we are even rating the same book...I give it the maximum rating!