Economics (textbook) 5452570 217501700 2008-06-06T09:21:02Z Lambiam 745100 /* External links */ rm linkspam '''''Economics''''' is an introductory textbook by American economists [[Paul Samuelson]] and [[William Nordhaus]]. It was first published in [[1948]], and has appeared in eighteen different editions, the most recent in [[2004]]. It was the best selling economics textbook for decades [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n19_v41/ai_7998155/pg_1], selling over 300,000 copies of each edition from 1961 through 1976 [http://www.mskousen.com/Books/Articles/perserverance.html]. The book has been translated into forty-one languages and in total sold over four-million copies. ''Economics'' was written entirely by Samuelson until the [[1985]] twelfth edition. New editions have been primarily written by Nordhaus. ==References== * Samuelson, Paul A. (1948). ''Economics: An Introductory Analysis'' McGraw-Hill. *{{cite book | first = Paul A.| last = Samuelson | authorlink = | coauthors = William D Nordhaus | year = 2004 | title = Economics | publisher = [[McGraw-Hill]] | location = | id = ISBN 0-07-287205-5}} ([http://catalogs.mhhe.com/mhhe/viewProductDetails.do?isbn=0072872055 link] to Table of Contents) ==External links== *[http://www.mskousen.com/Books/Articles/perserverance.html The Perseverance of Paul Samuelson's Economics] by [[Mark Skousen]] - Includes sales figures for the first eleven editions (through 1980) *[http://www.mises.org/story/1542 Sizing Up Samuelson], a critical review of the 9th edition of ''Economics'' by [[Austrian school|Austrian economist]] [[Murray Rothbard]]. *[http://www.mises.org/journals/qjae/pdf/qjae8_2_6.pdf Samuelson's ''Economics'': The Continuing Legacy (in pdf format)] from a symposium marking the 2004 publication of the 18th edition. *[http://www.mises.org/journals/qjae/pdf/qjae8_2_5.pdf Two Texts and Two Legacies (in pdf format)] compares texts by Samuelson and Rothbard. Samuelson's ''Economics'': The Continuing Legacy (in pdf format)] from a symposium marking the 2004 publication of the 18th edition. * "Samuelson's "Economics" at Fifty" (1999) by Paul A. Samuelson, Harold W. McGraw, Jr., William D. Nordhaus, Orley Ashenfelter, Robert M. Solow, Stanley Fischer [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-0485%28199923%2930%3A4%3C352%3AS%22AFRO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Y&size=LARGE 1st page] [[JSTOR]] *[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n19_v41/ai_7998155/pg_1 Socialism by the Textbook] - Discusses economic textbooks in general, along with the past dominance of the Samuelson text. [[Category:Economics books]] [[Category:Textbooks]] {{econ-book-stub}} [[ru:Экономика: вводный анализ (книга)]]