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New featured books! Principles of Microeconomics and Principles of Macroeconomics by Libby Rittenberg and Timothy Tregerthen

These comprehensive texts, offered by Flat World Knowledge, have been used by over 70,000 students. Recently updated from the widely acclaimed original texts, these books excel in illustrating the practicality and relevance of economics today.

 

 

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Economics(CC-NC-BY-SA)
Economics by Boundless.com (CC-BY-SA)
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Historical Beginnings The Federal Reserve(PD)
Industrial Organization: A Contract Based Approach (CC-BY-NC)
International Economics: Theory and Policy by Steve Suranovic (CC-BY-NC-SA) BoundCopy
International Finance: Theory and Policy by Steve Suranovic (CC-BY-NC-SA) BoundCopy
International Trade: Theory and Policy by Steve Suranovic (CC-BY-NC-SA) BoundCopy
Internet for Economics(CC-BY-NC)
Introduction to Economic Analysis(CC-BY-NC-SA) BoundCopy
The Joy of Economics(custom copyright)
Living Economics(CC-BY-SA)
Macroeconomics(CC-BY-NC-SA)
Microeconomics(CC-BY-NC-SA)
Microeconomics: Theory Through Applications(CC-BY-NC-SA)
Money and Banking(CC-BY-NC-SA) BoundCopy
Money and Banking v1.1 by Robert E. Wright and Vincenzo Quadrini (CC-BY-NC-SA) BoundCopy
New Rules for the New Economy (CC-BY) BoundCopy
Outline of the U.S. Economy(PD)
Political Economy(CC-BY-SA)
Principles of Economics(CC-BY-NC-SA) BoundCopy
Principles of Economics v1.1   (CC-BY-NC-SA) BoundCopy
Principles of Macroeconomics* (CC-BY-NC-SA) BoundCopy
Principles of Macroeconomics v1.1 by Libby Rittenberg and Timothy Tregerthen (CC-BY-NC-SA) BoundCopy
  Principles of Microeconomics* (CC-BY-NC-SA) BoundCopy
Project Based Economics (CC-BY-SA)
Quantum Microeconomics (CC-BY-NC)
Upsetting the Offset: The Political Economy of Carbon Markets(CC-BY-NC-ND) NEW!
U.S. Economy in Brief (PD)
U.S. Monetary Policy (PD)
The Wealth of Networks:How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom (CC-BY-NC-SA) BoundCopy

 

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