Dr. Kennedy has written a second edition which embodies the essential principles of effective teaching. He focuses on the key topics that students need to know in order to be discerning media consumers, but he does not compromise the level at which he writes. He also provides plenty of examples and applications from the media that enable students to hone their skills.
Philip K. Way, Director, University Honors Scholars Program, University of Cincinnati
Kennedy offers an imaginative and creative approach for serious students to learn and understand macroeconomics. Rather than setting abstract theory as the purpose of learning, he uses short stories as they might appear in the day's news to teach how economic variables are affected by events. This is the book if you want a proven appraoch which invites active student participation to understand macroeconomic behavior as it enfolds day after day.
Hirschel Kasper, Professor of Economics, Oberlin College
This new edition exhibits the regular hallmarks of all of Peter Kennedy's instructional materials: direct, nontechnical language and presentations that are intellectually demanding; a careful focus on fundamental and enduring concepts, issues and applications; and a belief in, and systematic reliance on, intellectual curiosity and common-sense intuition as the bases for effective learning and teaching.
Michael Watts, Purdue University
Kennedy offers an imaginative and creative approach to helping serious students learn and understand macroeconomics. Instead of asking students to learn abstract theories, he offers short stories as they might appear in the day's news to teach how economic variables are affected by events. If you want a proven appraoch which invites active student participation in understanding macroeconomic behavior as it unfolds day by day, this is the book.
Hirschel Kasper, Professor of Economics, Oberlin College
This macroeconomics textbook reads as easily as a novel. The lucid text is backed-up with lively examples from the news, provocative discussion questions, and helpful exercises. No need to buy a seperate study guide.
Charles R. Nelson, Department of Economics, University of Washington
Kennedy's fresh, media-based appraoch to macroeconomics is a bell-ringer! His second edition emphasizes again, in example, how macroeconomics can be used to help interpret the often baffling changes in economic conditions and understand how these changes are reported in the media.
W. Lee Hansen, Professor Emeritus, Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
