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Economics (Fourth Edition) by Alain Anderton

Hey, I bought this book last summer published by Causeway Press but haven't read it yet. I bought it due to its lenght (it's quite big) and it seems very easy to learn with, plus it's in full colour and very well organised.

Has anyone heard of it? Does anyone know how it is?

Reply 1

Nabster_88

yes, I think i used the fourth (or third) edition for a-level economics (AQA). Very useful. Its used as an a-level textbook so it must be the stuff you need to know i guess. what else would you like to know?

Reply 2

Swayum

I think it's quite good at explaining things even if you have no general knowledge of anything. I literally hadn't even heard of GDP + didn't know what interest rates were when I first started economics. That book really cleared up a lot of concepts. It also gets sufficiently technical which is great.

Reply 3

sergioib

Cool, thanks for your help. I'd also like to know if you can just look up something you don't know or if you'd recommend me to read the whole thing because it's useful and worth it... It's just so huge, it's got about 800 pages so it scares me a bit! But as it's in full colour and it's well organised, it doesn't look bad at all...

Reply 4

Barry Scott

We get given it at school for economics (AQA). Its good but big. We generally just do the questions from it...

Reply 5

Frater

Its the best one in my opinion ... UCL uses it!

Reply 6

Swayum

Frater

Its the best one in my opinion ... UCL uses it!

Haha, really? For which course?

Reply 7

jumpinglunch

Is it the big red one with out of date pictures?

Reply 8

steve2006

the red ones the first edition i think. They are crap compared to the new fourth edition. I want one so bad but im not prepared to pay the £25 for it.

Reply 9

Frater

Swayam

Haha, really? For which course?

Economics and Business with eastern european studies, may use it for pure economics aswell... but that I can comment on.

Reply 10

silent ninja

I'm reading some of it, good clear explanations but it's not ideal for self-study. Most of the questions can be answered from the text, but for some questions it would be nice if there were answers at the back!

(Why is this in the student finance forum btw?)