writes about the subject with no ideological axe to grind. 2. Focus remains on what’s made previous editions so well-received: helping students solve problems. Taylor walks students through the problem-solving process. 3. Professor Taylor has completely updated graphs, statistics, and examples throughout. He has consistently tried to build connections between the concepts in the text and the economic events of the last few years. 4. Professor Taylor’s mission is to make economics understandable to a wide audience. This commitment is on view at http://conversableeconomist .blogspot.com/, where he posts about 250 essays per year.

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