Microeconomics: A Free Market Approach

This book provides the instructor with a comprehensive collection of supplemental essays to assign alongside normal textbook work. The readings are arranged according to the normal introduction of concepts in the principles of microeconomics curriculum. Each section includes simple essays which may excite the students imagination and prompt them into the economic way of thinking as well as more challenging articles for the advanced student wanting more. Each contribution has been carefully selected for its clarity applicability accessibility and good use of theory. The careful reader will be prompted to: - Observe economics in action in their daily lives - Apply the lessons to personal decisions - Direct their analysis of public policy Carrie Milton and Nathanael Snow are graduate students in Economics at George Mason University. Dr. Thomas C. Rustici is the Freedom Professor of Economics at the Fund for American Studies located at Georgetown University and Assistant Professor of Economics and Undergraduate Coordinator for the Department of Economics at George Mason University. He has taught in eight colleges and universities around the world. In his 17 years of teaching he has instructed over 30 000 students.