As you can see from a cursory flip, this book is different. I designed it to be different. Exploring Economics uses a modular approach in its presentation of economic ideas and concepts.
Information is presented in small, self-contained sections rather than in large blocks of text.
Students will be more successful in mastering and retaining economic principles through this approach. Rather than being distracted and discouraged by the seeming enormity of the task before them, students are more likely to work through a short, self-contained concept before getting up from their desks. The student is more likely to read and process the material before he or she proceeds to the next concept, a point that is particularly important in economics, where one idea is often a building block that serves as the foundation for the next. In executing the modular approach in Exploring Economics, every effort has been made to take the intimidation out of economics. The idea of sticking to the basics and reinforcing student mastery, concept by concept, coupled with the careful display of pictures, charts, and graphs, has been done with the student in mind.