There are also "free" textbooks on line. I don't use them, but if someone knows about them, I'd like to hear about it. Also, in my courses I usually go for paperbacks: Goodwin, Nelson, Ackerman, & Weisskopf (M.E. Sharpe) for intro micro and Michl (again M.E. Sharpe) for intermediate macro.
I haven't tried Goodwin, Nelson & Harris (M.E. Sharpe) for intro macro (even though I helped write part of it), but maybe this will serve your purpose, Paul. The book has one chapter on AS/AD (where AD is replaced by ADE, meaning "aggregate demand equilibrium"), but it has the inflation rate on the vertical axis, which is a big improvement over the standard. The AS curve is a version of the short-run Phillips Curve. The more I look at the book the more I think that I made a mistake not using it. On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 8:24 AM, Michael Nuwer <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/30/2012 9:13 AM, Paul Zarembka wrote: >> >> .... These days >> publishers allow an instructor to cut chapters and costs to students of >> a textbook, so a compromise might be substantial cutting and serious use >> of the press. >> > > I think this is a scam by the publishers. The cost to students is lower > compared to new copies of the book, BUT students cannot resell these > editions. Even local bookstores where the instructor re-uses it will not > re-buy the book. The publishers offer these "custom" books as a way > minimize sales of used copies. I say don't use them. > > Buying used copies (often previous editions are fine for undergrads) and > reselling them after the class is still the lowest cost for the student. > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l -- Jim Devine / If you're going to support the lesser of two evils, at the very least you should know the nature of that evil. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
