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BlackBoard

The Mankiw BlackBoard course cartridge makes it possible to combine BlackBoard’s popular tools and easy-to-use interface with the text’s Web content, including preprogrammed quizzes and tests. The result is an interactive, comprehensive online course that allows for effortless implementation, management, and use. The files are organized and prebuilt to work within the BlackBoard software.

Additional Offerings

i-clicker

Developed by a team of University of Illinois physicists, i-clicker is the most flexible and most reliable classroom response system available. It is the only solution created for educators, by educators—with continuous product improvements made through direct classroom testing and faculty feedback. No matter their level of technical expertise, instructors will appreciate the i-clicker because the focus remains on teaching, not the technology. To learn more about packaging i-clicker with this textbook, please contact your local sales representative or visit www.iclicker.com.

The Wall Street Journal Edition

For adopters of this text, Worth Publishers and The Wall Street Journal are offering a 15-week subscription to students at a tremendous savings. Instructors also receive their own free Wall Street Journal subscription plus additional instructor supplements created exclusively by The Wall Street Journal. Please contact your local sales representative for more information or go to The Wall Street Journal online at www.wsj.com.

Financial Times Edition

For adopters of this text,Worth Publishers and the Financial Times are offering a 15-week subscription to students at a tremendous savings. Instructors also receive their own free Financial Times subscription for one year. Students and instructors may access research and archived information at www.ft.com.

Dismal Scientist

A high-powered business database and analysis service comes to the classroom! Dismal Scientist offers real-time monitoring of the global economy, produced locally by economists and other professionals at Moody’s Economy.com around the world. Dismal Scientist is free when packaged with this text. Please contact your local sales representative or go to www.dismalscientist.com.

The Economist has partnered with Worth Publishers to create an exclusive offer we believe will enhance the classroom experience. Faculty receive a complimentary

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15-week subscription when 10 or more students purchase a subscription. Students get 15 issues of The Economist for just $15. That’s a savings of 85 percent off the cover price.

Inside and outside the classroom, The Economist provides a global perspective that helps students keep abreast of what’s going on in the world and provides insight into how the world views the United States.

Each subscription includes:

Special Reports. Approximately 20 times a year, The Economist publishes a Special Report providing in-depth analysis that highlights a specific country, industry, or hot-button issue.

Technology Quarterly Supplements. This supplement analyzes new technology that could potentially transform lives, business models, industries, governments, and financial markets.

Economist.com. Unlimited access to The Economist’s Web site is free with a print subscription.

Included on The Economist Web site:

Searchable Archive. Subscribers have full access to 28,000+ articles.

Exclusive Online Research Tools. Tools include Articles by Subject, Backgrounders, Surveys, Economics A–Z, Style Guide,Weekly Indicators, and Currency Converter.

The Full Audio Edition. The entire magazine or specific sections are available for download.

The Economist Debate Series. The essence of Oxford-style debate is available in an interactive online forum.

Daily Columns. These feature columns are available exclusively online, covering views on business, the market, personal technology, the arts, and much more.

Correspondent’s Diary. Each week, an Economist writer from a different country details experiences and offers opinions.

Blogs. Blogs cover economics as well as U.S. and European politics.

To get 15 issues of The Economist for just $15, go to www.economistacademic. com/worth.

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