Textbooks by Martha Olney



Principles textbooks

    Essentials of Economics, 1st edition, with Paul Krugman and Robin Wells.  Worth Publishers.  2007.  ISBN 9780716758792
       (there is now a 2nd edition of both the full text by Krugman and Wells, and of the Essentials text.  Co-author of the new Essentials text is Kathryn Graddy.)

    Microeconomics as a Second Language.  Wiley and Sons, 2009.  ISBN
978-0470433737.  Available at major online book sellers.
    This book is designed as a supplement to a standard microeconomics textbook.  Microeconomics as a Second Language  “cuts to the chase.”  It zeroes in on the concepts, assumptions, and models that students need to learn.  My focus is the principles of microeconomics and the language used to express them.
    What if you’re not currently enrolled in a microeconomics course?  This book is a good aid for you, too.  Trying to pick up some economics concepts and language?  This book will help you out.  Trying to follow the news about the economy?  This book is for you.  Rather than wade through a 700-900 page principles textbook, Microeconomics as a Second Language gives you the basics to get you up to speed quickly.

    Macroeconomics as a Second Language.  Wiley and Sons, 2011.  ISBN 978-0470505380.  Available at major online book sellers.
    Macroeconomics as a Second Language “cuts to the chase.” It zeroes in on the concepts, assumptions, and models that you need to learn. This book is a student study aid in the Principles of Macroeconomics. We take a bare-bones approach here. Our focus is the principles of macroeconomics and the language used to express them.
    What if you’re not currently enrolled in a macroeconomics course? This book is a good aid for you, too. Trying to pick up some economics concepts and language? This book will help you out. Trying to follow the news about the economy? This book is for you. Rather than wade through a 700-900 page principles textbook, Macroeconomics as a Second Language gives you the basics to get you up to speed quickly.

    Errata sheet for both Micro and Macro as a Second Language (doc file)

Intermediate Macro textbook

Macroeconomics, 2nd edition, with J. Bradford DeLong.  Published by McGraw-Hill, 2006.  But now available only through their "Create" division.  Be sure to request the second edition (not the "updated" nor the "first" edition).

Foreign language editions -- Spanish, Catalon, Portuguese --  and Canadian version available through McGraw-Hill.  International edition also available.

Study Guide to Accompany MacroeconomicsMuch more a workbook than a study guide and, frankly, my best work.  (Macro as a Second Language is a close second.)  But again, currently only available through McGraw-Hill's "Create" division.  Again, be absolutely sure they produce the proper edition, the 2nd.

In time, a new edition of Macroeconomics will be available.  Stay tuned.



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