About

Dr. Michael Mandel

In this blog we will examine current news events, both national and global, from the perspective of the beginning economics student.

The blog posts are open to anyone, but the review questions are specifically designed to accompany Economics: The Basics, an essentials level textbook published by McGraw-Hill. (3rd edition forthcoming in 2017).

This blog is supervised by Dr. Michael Mandel, author of Economics: The Basics, former chief economist at BusinessWeek, and currently chief economic strategist at the Progressive Policy Institute and senior fellow at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.