Essentials of Economics 3rd edition Author:N. Gregory Mankiw For an overview of economics, Mankiw now provides an excellent resource for professionals who are seeing economics for the first time. His writing has received such praise as "perhaps the best ever" book in economic principles. The author?s conversational writing style is superb for presenting the politics and science of economic theories and i... more »ndeed stands out among all other texts by intriguing individuals to incorporate an economic way of thinking in daily lives.« less