Customer Reviews
A must for first year Economics students - By: spotmccreery@eircom.net, 21 Jan 2002 
Sloman has excelled himself by producing a book on economics that is bright, colourful, well layed out & interesting to read.
I viewed economics as a boring subject until i picked up & read sloman. The great thing about this book is that you can just pick it up & read. It is well writtenin a concise & informative way that is not to technical yet contains all the information. This is backed up at the end of every section by a bullet point summary that covers the entire section.
If that is not enough the book is littered with case samples & explanations of terms, all importantly this book is utilising online accompanyment to the best of its ability. A website that has answers to questionsin the book & the possiblity for a lecturer or teacher to set up & online course guide for their school or university.
This book is a must for anybody who wants to learn economics from scratch ot to build on their economics knowledde whether for school/university or for personal use.
Recommended - By: , 06 Mar 2000 Very well organised text book, I think it is probably more suitable for undergraduate, but A-Level students will also enjoy this book. A MUST for Economics student!
Is Economics that easy? - By: , 05 Feb 2000 
Sir! I have read that book as being the standart literature for economics A-Level. Surely the book covers most of the important topics & current affairs of economic science. As a student, however, your motivation is to go on the ground of something, i.e. on the very basic economic thinking & ideas of any model or argument. In the respect the book does not meet that requirement. You can read it to become aware of economic problems & possible solutions, where it leads the reader clearly to. In my opinion the book is lacking the outlining & explaining of the underlying ideas. For anyone who thinks about economics seriously (even to read it at university), I recommend Robert J. Barro's introductionin Macroeconomics (available at MIT Press, ISBN 0-262-02436-5) which starts with the microeconomic foundation, leading to the market, & then into all other macro-topics. Even though it is designed for undergraduates & graduates at university level, it is easily readable & most accessible to everyone who wants to expand their economic understanding.
