Customer Reviews
A comprehensive, well written text - By: , 03 Jan 2006 
This book is very useful for a basic understanding of both micro & macro economics. Clearly written & quite comprehensive. One of the best books for 1st year students.
A good, solid read! - By: , 24 Sep 2001 I found the book to be much improved over the previous edition. It has some clever ideas with the boxes providing a look at relevant topics & I have found it to be a good help. I would recommend it to any person doing introductory economics.
Excellent book for starters . . . - By: sally.watson@lews.uhi.ac.uk, 14 Aug 2001 I found this book matches its publicity - well laid out, good examples & accessible. Many other textbooks can look visuallly confusing, & doesn't necessarily give the student an idea of priorities for their own learning.
It is the recommended text for students as an introduction to economics. However, the students who do health economics preferred it to other standard texts as their first foray into principles.
Clear, concise and logical. - By: , 26 Jul 2001 Having had no previous experience in the field of economics, I found this book to be comprehensive without being complicated. I found Begg's use of diagrams to explain complex models very useful. In addition I found the text to be easy to follow due to its logical progression through the earliest to the latest economic models. Whilst the book seeks to teach the fundamental principles of modern day economics, it does not bore the reader with dry text - the inclusion of separate text boxes with applied examples adds to the worth of this book.
Simple and friendly, but not convincing. - By: , 18 Apr 2001 
I'm in the second year of a three year undergraduate economics course. I have a copy of an earlier edition (without the CD), & used it for first year undergraduate study. I found that in an effort to simplify low level economics, it avoids a lot of the important stuff. It is only reallly much use as an introduction, good to read before you get to university, perhaps. I haven't been able to use it this year at alll. Its explanations are generallly clear, though sometimes a bit wordy. It relates theory to fact quite nicely, & is well organised. As a reference book, it is not so useful; it seems to be more geared towards working through individual chapters.
