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N.GregoryMankiwisprofessorofeconomicsat
HarvardUniversity.Asastudent,hestudiedeconomics
atPrincetonUniversityandMIT.Asateacher,
hehastaughtmacroeconomics,microeconomics,
statistics,andprinciplesofeconomics.Heeven
spentonesummerlongagoasasailinginstructor
onLongBeachIsland.
ProfessorMankiwisaprolificwriterandaregular
participantinacademicandpolicydebates.His
workhasbeenpublishedinscholarlyjournals,such
astheAmericanEconomicReview,JournalofPolitical
Economy,andQuarterlyJournalofEconomics,andin
morepopularforums,suchasTheNewYorkTimes
andTheWallStreetJournal.Heisalsoauthorof
thebest-sellingintermediate-leveltextbookMacroeconomics(WorthPublishers).
Inadditiontohisteaching,research,andwriting,ProfessorMankiwhasbeena
researchassociateoftheNationalBureauofEconomicResearch,anadvisertothe
CongressionalBudgetOfficeandtheFederalReserveBanksofBostonandNew
York,andamemberoftheETStestdevelopmentcommitteefortheAdvanced
Placementexamineconomics.From2003to2005,heservedaschairmanofthe
President’sCouncilofEconomicAdvisers.
ProfessorMankiwlivesinWellesley,Massachusetts,withhiswife,Deborah,
threechildren,Catherine,Nicholas,andPeter,andtheirborderterrier,Tobin.
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tothestudentpreface
Economicsisastudyofmankindintheordinarybusinessoflife.”So
wroteAlfredMarshall,thegreat19th-centuryeconomist,inhistextbook,
PrinciplesofEconomics.Althoughwehavelearnedmuchabouttheeconomy
sinceMarshall’stime,thisdefinitionofeconomicsisastruetodayasit
wasin1890,whenthefirsteditionofhistextwaspublished.
Whyshouldyou,asastudentatthebeginningofthe21stcentury,embarkon
thestudyofeconomics?Therearethreereasons.
Thefirstreasontostudyeconomicsisthatitwillhelpyouunderstandthe
worldinwhichyoulive.Therearemanyquestionsabouttheeconomythatmight
sparkyourcuriosity.WhyareapartmentssohardtofindinNewYorkCity?Why
doairlineschargelessforaround-tripticketifthetravelerstaysoveraSaturday
night?WhyisJohnnyDepppaidsomuchtostarinmovies?Whyarelivingstandards
someagerinmanyAfricancountries?Whydosomecountrieshavehigh
ratesofinflationwhileothershavestableprices?Whyarejobseasytofindin
someyearsandhardtofindinothers?Thesearejustafewofthequestionsthata
courseineconomicswillhelpyouanswer.
Thesecondreasontostudyeconomicsisthatitwillmakeyouamoreastute
participantintheeconomy.Asyougoaboutyourlife,youmakemanyeconomic
decisions.Whileyouareastudent,youdecidehowmanyyearstostayinschool.
Onceyoutakeajob,youdecidehowmuchofyourincometospend,howmuch
tosave,andhowtoinvestyoursavings.Somedayyoumayfindyourselfrunning
asmallbusinessoralargecorporation,andyouwilldecidewhatpricestocharge
foryourproducts.Theinsightsdevelopedinthecomingchapterswillgiveyou
anewperspectiveonhowbesttomakethesedecisions.Studyingeconomicswill
notbyitselfmakeyourich,butitwillgiveyousometoolsthatmayhelpinthat
endeavor.
Thethirdreasontostudyeconomicsisthatitwillgiveyouabetterunderstanding
ofboththepotentialandthelimitsofeconomicpolicy.Economicquestions
arealwaysonthemindsofpolicymakersinmayors’offices,governors’mansions,
andtheWhiteHouse.Whataretheburdensassociatedwithalternativeformsof
taxation?Whataretheeffectsoffreetradewithothercountries?Whatisthebest
waytoprotecttheenvironment?Howdoesagovernmentbudgetdeficitaffect
theeconomy?Asavoter,youhelpchoosethepoliciesthatguidetheallocationof
society’sresources.Anunderstandingofeconomicswillhelpyoucarryoutthat
responsibility.Andwhoknows:Perhapssomedayyouwillendupasoneofthose
policymakersyourself.
Thus,theprinciplesofeconomicscanbeappliedinmanyoflife’ssituations.
Whetherthefuturefindsyoureadingthenewspaper,runningabusiness,orsitting
intheOvalOffice,youwillbegladthatyoustudiedeconomics.
N.GregoryMankiw
preface
“Economicsisastudyofmankindintheordinarybusinessoflife.”SowroteAlfredMarshall,thegreat19th-centuryeconomist,inhistextbook,
PrinciplesofEconomics.Althoughwehavelearnedmuchabouttheeconomy
sinceMarshall’stime,thisdefinitionofeconomicsisastruetodayasit
wasin1890,whenthefirsteditionofhistextwaspublished.
Whyshouldyou,asastudentatthebeginningofthe21stcentury,embarkon
thestudyofeconomics?Therearethreereasons.
Thefirstreasontostudyeconomicsisthatitwillhelpyouunderstandthe
worldinwhichyoulive.Therearemanyquestionsabouttheeconomythatmight
sparkyourcuriosity.WhyareapartmentssohardtofindinNewYorkCity?Why
doairlineschargelessforaround-tripticketifthetravelerstaysoveraSaturday
night?WhyisJohnnyDepppaidsomuchtostarinmovies?Whyarelivingstan-
dardssomeagerinmanyAfricancountries?Whydosomecountrieshavehigh
ratesofinflationwhileothershavestableprices?Whyarejobseasytofindin
someyearsandhardtofindinothers?Thesearejustafewofthequestionsthata
courseineconomicswillhelpyouanswer.
Thesecondreasontostudyeconomicsisthatitwillmakeyouamoreastute
participantintheeconomy.Asyougoaboutyourlife,youmakemanyeconomic
decisions.Whileyouareastudent,youdecidehowmanyyearstostayinschool.
Onceyoutakeajob,youdecidehowmuchofyourincometospend,howmuch
tosave,andhowtoinvestyoursavings.Somedayyoumayfindyourselfrunning
asmallbusinessoralargecorporation,andyouwilldecidewhatpricestocharge
foryourproducts.Theinsightsdevelopedinthecomingchapterswillgiveyou
anewperspectiveonhowbesttomakethesedecisions.Studyingeconomicswill
notbyitselfmakeyourich,butitwillgiveyousometoolsthatmayhelpinthat
endeavor.
Thethirdreasontostudyeconomicsisthatitwillgiveyouabetterunderstand-
ingofboththepotentialandthelimitsofeconomicpolicy.Economicquestions
arealwaysonthemindsofpolicymakersinmayors’offices,governors’mansions,
andtheWhiteHouse.Whataretheburdensassociatedwithalternativeformsof
taxation?Whataretheeffectsoffreetradewithothercountries?Whatisthebest
waytoprotecttheenvironment?Howdoesagovernmentbudgetdeficitaffect
theeconomy?Asavoter,youhelpchoosethepoliciesthatguidetheallocationof
society’sresources.Anunderstandingofeconomicswillhelpyoucarryoutthat
responsibility.Andwhoknows:Perhapssomedayyouwillendupasoneofthose
policymakersyourself.
Thus,theprinciplesofeconomicscanbeappliedinmanyoflife’ssituations.
Whetherthefuturefindsyoureadingthenewspaper,runningabusiness,orsit-
tingintheOvalOffice,youwillbegladthatyoustudiedeconomics.
N.GregoryMankiwDecember2010