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We wrote the first edition of this textbook in the firm belief that there was scope for a
different approach to teaching students macroeconomics. This approach is one that
pays great attention to real-world data and actual events and also reflects a belief that
both economic models and current research could be made accessible to introductory
students and would help explain how the global economy works.
However convinced we may have been that such an approach was possible, writing
the first edition was still something of an experiment. As economists, we never forget that
the market is the ultimate arbiter of success. We have therefore been enormously reassured
both by the sales and feedback that the first edition received. The global focus of
the book was rewarded with a wide geographical distribution of sales; our blending of
data, textbook models, and summaries of recent research meant the book has been
adopted at the undergraduate level and even for Master’s and Ph.D. programs in economics
as well as the MBA market for which it was originally designed. The use of contemporary
data has also led to the book being adopted for economics courses in various
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