Textbook:Principles of Economics, 9th edition

Author(s): N. Gregory Mankiw
Harvard University

Description:
The new applications in this ninth edition are too numerous to list in their entirety, but here is a sample of the topics covered (and the chapters in which they appear):
•  Technology companies are increasingly using economists to better run their businesses. (Chapter 2)
•  The hit Broadway show Hamilton has brought renewed attention to the issue of ticket reselling. (Chapter 7)
•  President Trump has taken a new and controversial approach to international trade. (Chapter 9)
•  A carbon tax and dividend plan has become a focal policy in the debate
about global climate change. (Chapter 10)
•  Social media share many features, along with many of the problems,
associated with common resources. (Chapter 11)
•  The Supreme Court hears a case about international price discrimination. (Chapter 15)
•  Amazon looks like it might be the next target for antitrust regulators.
(Chapter 17)
•  The winners and losers from immigration have become a major issue in the political debate. (Chapter 18)
•  Research on tax data shows by how much the super-rich have gotten even richer. (Chapter 20)
•  Some economists suggest that, despite little change in the official poverty rate, we are winning the war on poverty. (Chapter 20)
•  The theory of economic growth can help explain why so many of the world’s poorest nations are in sub-Saharan Africa. (Chapter 25)
•  Economist Martin Feldstein explains why the United States is so prosperous. (Chapter 25)
•  Cryptocurrencies may be the money of the future, or they may be a passing fad. (Chapter 29)
•  Living during a hyperinflation, such as the recent situation in Venezuela, is a surreal experience. (Chapter 30)
•  Recent discussion of trade deficits has included a lot of misinformation. (Chapter 32)
•  The Federal Reserve has started to reassess what it means to target an
inflation rate of 2 percent. (Chapter 36)