Principles of Economics series
Glenn Hubbard, Columbia University and Anthony Patrick O’Brien, Lehigh University
Hubbard/O’Brien’s Principles of Economics Series makes economic principles relevant by demonstrating how real businesses use them to make decisions every day. For instructors, it eases the challenge of conveying how these principles directly impact students' lives.
The 9th Edition exemplifies recent developments in US and world economies. No matter their career path, whether it's opening an art studio, trading on Wall Street or bartending at the local pub, students will benefit from grasping the economic forces behind their work.
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Glenn Hubbard
Dean Emeritus; Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia University
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Kelly Mollica
Glenn Hubbard
Glenn Hubbard is dean emeritus and Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics in the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University and professor of economics in Columbia’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences. He is also a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and a director of Black Rock Fixed-Income Funds, MetLife, and Total Energies. He received a PhD in economics from Harvard University in 1983. From 2001 to 2003, he served as chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers and chair of the OECD Economic Policy Committee, and from 1991 to 1993, he was deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department. He currently serves as co-chair of the nonpartisan Committee on Capital Markets Regulation.
Hubbard’s fields of specialization are public economics, financial markets and institutions, corporate finance, macroeconomics, industrial organization, and public policy. He is the author of more than 100 articles in leading journals, including American Economic Review, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Public Economics, Quarterly Journal of Economics, RAND Journal of Economics, and Review of Economics and Statistics. His research has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, the National Bureau of Economic Research, and numerous private foundations.
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Nicole M. Coomer
Tony O’Brien
Anthony Patrick O’Brien is a professor of economics at Lehigh University. He received a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1987. He has taught principles of economics for more than 20 years, in both large sections and small honors classes. He received the Lehigh University Award for Distinguished Teaching. He was formerly the director of the Diamond Center for Economic Education and was named a Dana Foundation Faculty Fellow and Lehigh Class of 1961 Professor of Economics. He has been a visiting professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the Graduate School of Industrial Administration at Carnegie Mellon University.
O’Brien’s research has dealt with issues such as the evolution of the U.S. automobile industry, the sources of U.S. economic competitiveness, the development of U.S. trade policy, the causes of the Great Depression, and the causes of black–white income differences. His research has been published in leading journals, including American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, Industrial Relations, Journal of Economic History, and Explorations in Economic History. His research has been supported by grants from government agencies and private foundations.
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“I believe the book is one of the most clearly written Economics books I've ever seen. The graphs are easy to follow and colorful and it covers many current topics.”
- Instructor, Frostburg State University
“The book relates well to my non-majors (especially b-school students) but is also accessible to my arts/sciences majors as well.”
- Instructor, Western Michigan University
“Great content and seamless integration with MyLab Economics, and outstanding resources for students."
- Instructor, Texas State University
Economics, 9/e
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PART 1: INTRODUCTION
PART 2: MARKETS IN ACTION: POLICY AND APPLICATIONS
PART 3: FIRMS IN THE DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIES
PART 4: MICROECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS: CONSUMERS AND FIRMS
PART 5: MARKET STRUCTURE AND FIRM STRATEGY
PART 6: LABOR MARKETS, PUBLIC CHOICE, AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME
PART 7: MACROECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS AND LONG-RUN GROWTH
PART 8: SHORT-RUN FLUCTUATIONS
PART 9: MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICY
PART 10: THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY
Macroeconomics, 9/e
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PART 1: INTRODUCTION
PART 2: FIRMS IN THE DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIES
PART 3: MACROECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS AND LONG-RUN GROWTH
PART 4: SHORT-RUN FLUCTUATIONS
PART 5: MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICY
PART 6: THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY
Microeconomics, 9/e
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PART 1: INTRODUCTION
PART 2: MARKETS IN ACTION: POLICY AND APPLICATIONS
PART 3: FIRMS IN THE DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIES
PART 4: MICROECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS: CONSUMERS AND FIRMS
PART 5: MARKET STRUCTURE AND FIRM STRATEGY
PART 6: LABOR MARKETS, PUBLIC CHOICE, AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME
Essentials of Economics, 8/e
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PART 1: INTRODUCTION
PART 2: MARKETS IN ACTION: POLICY AND APPLICATIONS
PART 3: MICROECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS: CONSUMERS AND FIRMS
PART 4: MARKET STRUCTURE AND FIRM STRATEGY
PART 5: MACROECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS
PART 6: LONG-RUN ECONOMIC GROWTH AND SHORT-RUN ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS
PART 7: MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICY
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