Best Economics Textbook

[learninstudent]

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I'm studying economics and i currently use
asutralian in the global economy by tim dixon plus workbk
i'm looking for another book to suppliment this text....does anybody know id the EXCEL HSC economics is good???

[ninetypercent]

its a good cram book, but not good for learning concepts and stuff

[manutd8]

Originally Posted by learninstudent

I'm studying economics and i currently use
asutralian in the global economy by tim dixon plus workbk
i'm looking for another book to suppliment this text....does anybody know id the EXCEL HSC economics is good???

its a terrible study guide dude. leadingedge economics study guide is pretty good.

[zabra]

it's ok but very simple and does not go into enough detail

[Without Wings]

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[learninstudent]

Originally Posted by pungpui

yer i think the hard 1 is bulmer...my skool told us 2 buy riley as text book...so thats y i bought it!

btw for the very latest eco data go2 the leading edge website...absolutely fabulous...everything there is upto date

http://www.leadingedge.com.au/whatsnew/figures.html

there you are...im bored.

ummm...the link doesn't work???

[Chromatic]

Tim Riley's probably the best economics textbook

[0bs3n3]

Riley? Really? I used Riley's in Prelim. and we're using Dixon now and I find Dixon to be much better.

[Mjontrix]

Well, I got a few books from my schools Learning centre, and I'll HONESTLY tell you which book was which:

Leading Edge (Dixon) - Shocking. They skim over a few key points (such as Infrastructure, which unless you actually went and read completely you wouldn't have found. Was in my test). The Chapter summaries are pretty much what you want this book for, and the definitions at the back (Just photocopy all of them for your personal use. Shouldn't be more than 25-30 pages, 10% copyright safe I think)

However, has ALOT of dry jokes, so it's easy to read though for a laugh

Riley - The Deluxe version of leading edge. If your school has a top economics and lower economics (our school doesn't have the numbers for it), this would be for the top half. Very detailed, doesn't really skimp over things, but a lack of dry jokes (you need them!)

Bulmer - The one to read. The Prelim book for it is SO GOOD, that even for your HSC w=you should use it. The Part A - C thing is also very nicely done. Also includes Dry Jokes. This book is the one to get if you're aiming really high. Just note that this book is the HARDEST to concentrate with, due to its nature. So, if you're english isn't the best, don't bother. (No offense, but read it and you'll know what I mean).

And FOR THE RECORD, only pick from ONE of the Above.

Doing economics since it was left ---> Dixon (Leading Edge)

Doing economics since I was forced by parents --> Riley

Doing economics since I need (actually) like/love the subject --> Bulmer

Now I need to go and eat my ice cream before it melts!

EDIT: Home Ice Cream eaten (Oh, and I was being serious above, if you were forced to do ecnomics please don't pick the Bulmer. You won't learn much since you won't have that driving instinct (Points at my spiky haired friend who likes 3U Maths yet gets stuck with Maths In Focus... How do you keep interest in that book?)