Micro/Macroeconomics for Life: Smart Choices for You, 3rd edition

Cohen and Wolla

A dynamic approach to teaching economics that goes beyond traditional methods.

Economics for Life offers instructors a unique toolkit to cultivate economically literate students who excel not only in the classroom but also in their personal and professional lives.

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Explore new and updated features —three new chapters and more pedagogical features were added to enhance the teaching and learning experience. Plus, we welcomed Scott Wolla, the Economic Education Officer at the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis to the author team!

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Features

Example of Chapter 39: Plant Responses to Internal and External Signals. What are some factors that plants sense and respond to? With corresponding image showing factors.

Chapter Openers

Every chapter begins with an overview that introduces students to the main ideas and themes in the chapter. This introduction connects the economic principles discussed in the chapter to the choices and decisions students make in everyday life.
Example of page from eText. Features animation HHMI BioInteractive Video: 20.4 The Practical Applications of DNA-Based Biotechnology Affect Our Lives in Many Ways alongside text.

Economics Out There

These feature boxes provide real-world examples of the economic concepts being discussed. The stories told in Economics Out There help students make connections between the concepts in the chapter and everyday life. These boxes will be updated annually by our author team, when appropriate, to ensure continuedrelevancy for students.
Screen capture of the Science in the Classroom homepage from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Animated Figures

For key analytical graphs in the text, a short MP4 video with a voiceover plays when students click on the graph, talking students through the meaning of the figure, and tracing shifts of curves and changes in outcomes.
Sample worksheet with questions about cytoskeletons.

Digital Interactives

Digital interactives are dynamic activities that focus on the application of key economic principles and the development of critical thinking skills by working students through phases of exploration, application, comparison and analysis.​
Example of Chapter 39: Plant Responses to Internal and External Signals. What are some factors that plants sense and respond to? With corresponding image showing factors.

Single Player Experiments

Single-player experiments allow students to play against virtual players from anywhere at any time. They serve as an easy-to-use, fun, and engaging way to promote active learning and mastery of important economic concepts.
Example of Chapter 39: Plant Responses to Internal and External Signals. What are some factors that plants sense and respond to? With corresponding image showing factors.

Chapter Summaries

New to this edition is a short narrative summary of the entire chapter that is followed by a section-by-section summary that recaps in point form the main ideas to aid learning.

Micro/Macro Economics for Life 3E includes a wide range of traditional concepts/techniques for you to choose from.

You choose what to include or exclude in your LT approach.

The Micro/Macro Economics for Life books were originally created to support a literacy-targeted (LT) approach to teaching principles, which focuses on the 80+ percent of students who never take another economics course, while leaving majors just as well off.

This edition now has an expanded and slightly reorganized set of chapters to also support more traditional and model-focused approaches to teaching principles of microeconomics and macroeconomics.

Example of page from eText. Features animation HHMI BioInteractive Video: 20.4 The Practical Applications of DNA-Based Biotechnology Affect Our Lives in Many Ways alongside text.