Economics is an introductory textbook by American economists Paul Samuelson and William Nordhaus. It was first published in 1948, and has appeared in eighteen different editions, the most recent in 2004. The book has been translated into forty-one languages and in total sold over four-million copies.
Economics was written entirely by Samuelson until the 1985 twelfth edition. New editions have been primarily written by Nordhaus.
References
- Samuelson, Paul A.; William D Nordhaus (2004). Economics. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-287205-5. (link to Table of Contents)
External links
- The Perseverance of Paul Samuelson's Economics by Mark Skousen
- Sizing Up Samuelson, a critical review of the 9th edition of Economics by Austrian economist Murray Rothbard.
- Samuelson's Economics: The Continuing Legacy (in pdf format) from a symposium marking the 2004 publication of the 18th edition.
- Two Texts and Two Legacies (in pdf format) compares texts by Samuelson and Rothbard. Samuelson's Economics: The Continuing Legacy (in pdf format)] from a symposium marking the 2004 publication of the 18th edition.
- "Samuelson's "Economics" at Fifty" (1999) by Paul A. Samuelson, Harold W. McGraw, Jr., William D. Nordhaus, Orley Ashenfelter, Robert M. Solow, Stanley Fischer 1st page JSTOR
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