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Contemporary ECONOMICSSecond Edition

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Contemporary ECONOMICSSecond Edition

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Main Idea

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Sharpen Your Skills

• Help students to interpret Help students to interpret graphs which reinforces graphs which reinforces knowledge of economicsknowledge of economics

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Movers and Shakers• Introduces individuals who have made a

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Google founders

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Engaging Applications• Examine the economic concepts behind

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Presents economic principles at work in cyberspace

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• Provides an international focus to economic principles

• A look at global interactions and their impact on local, regional, and national economies

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Contemporary ECONOMICSSecond Edition

William A. McEachern

Contemporary ECONOMICSSecond Edition

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