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The resulting technical detail and jargon overwhelm the typical student and leave them with little working knowledge and a negative impression of economics. Our manuscript has proven a workable mechanism in the classroom for providing students with a sound understanding of the economics toolkit. The focus is on developing the ability to apply economic reasoning to policy issues. The text can be completely read and understood in one term by the typical US college sophomore. There is a version designed for an introductory economics with both microeconomics and macroeconomics, and a version with microeconomics only.