Principles of Microeconomics
by N. Gregory Mankiw · Mankiw
Standard undergraduate introduction built around ten principles of economics, covering supply and demand, elasticity, market failure, and firm behavior. Working through it gives you the vocabulary and graphical tools used in every later economics course.
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