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YOUR COURSE MATERIALS

N. Gregory Mankiw’s

Principles of Economics, 4e

You will…

— be tested— receive homework

assignments— have reading assignments

…from these materials

WHAT’S SO DIFFERENT ABOUT THE NEW EDITION?

– Extensive Current Events Updates: 40 new items have been added to the popular text features.

– New International Content and Examples.

– Revised Content on Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply

– The AD/AS content has been revised to streamline the instructor's experience teaching the material in the classroom and to clarify student thinking on an economy's transition from the short run to the long run.

GET THE GRADE RESOURCES!

— Aplia— ThomsonNOW— Study Guide— Learning Path Videos

– Tutorials

Interactive tutorials if you need additional help with math, graphs, and statistics.

– Problem Sets

Automatically graded homework problems with interactive graphing tools and built in feedback that correspond to your textbook.

– Online Experiments

Real time, online market interactions that help you actively learn key economic concepts (and are also a lot of fun).

– News Analyses

Regularly updated articles focused on core economics concepts with auto-graded problems, an article summary, and discussion questions

FOUR TOOLS TO HELP YOU SUCCEED!

SELF-PACED TUTORIALS THAT YOU CAN DO ON YOUR OWN HELP YOU GET UP TO SPEED.

BOTH PRACTICE AND GRADED ASSIGNMENTS HELP YOU GRASP THE CONCEPTS

Online experiments allow you to experience how real economic markets work. And are a lot of fun!

NEWS ANALYSIS INTRODUCES YOU TO INTERESTING ARTICLES ABOUT EVERY-DAY ECONOMICS

APLIA…YOU HAVE CHOICES ON WHAT AND WHERE TO BUY

— The Aplia program is a Required component of your course. Embedded within every Aplia program is a digital edition of your South-Western Textbook. We call this Program + Digital text the Integrated Textbook Solution (ITS).

— If you choose to save money by only buying the ITS, you will have everything you need for the course, Aplia plus electronic access to your textbook material.

— If you decide that you want to have the physical textbook as well, you can buy a bundle which includes your physical textbook + ITS.

— Note: If you buy only the ITS and later decide that you also want a copy of the physical textbook, you can buy a physical textbook directly from Aplia at a discounted price.

WHAT IS THOMSONNOW?

ThomsonNOW is an easy-to-use online resource that helps you study in less time to get the grade you want-NOW!

– Personalized Study Plan– Videos– Online homework– Interactive Tutorials– Integrated ebook

WHAT IS THOMSONNOW?

WILL THOMSONNOW HELP ME GET A BETTER GRADE?

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YES!

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LEARNING PATH VIDEO for Mankiw- Featuring Steven Tomlinson ACCESS

Mankiw 4/e

— When there is a concept that you “just don’t get”

— When you would like to see a topic explained “just once more” before an exam or quiz.

— Learning Path video access featuring Steven Tomlinson is available for this text.

ISBN for Video Access:

0324647964

ANYTHING TO HELP STUDENTS WITHOUT COMPUTERS?

— Study Guide

Includes learning objectives, a description of the chapter's context and purpose, a chapter review, key terms and definitions, advanced critical thinking questions, practice tests, and helpful hints for understanding difficult concepts. ISBN for Study Guide

0324319029 

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