Paul Krugman and Robin Wells’ signature storytelling style helps readers understand how economic concepts play out in our world. The new edition, revised and enhanced throughout, now offers holistic digital learning tools as part of SaplingPlus, a complete, integrated online learning system.

Paul Krugman, recipient of the 2008 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, taught at Princeton University for 14 years. In 2015, he joined the faculty of the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, associated with the Luxembourg Income Study, which tracks and analyzes income inequality around the world. He received his BA from Yale and his PhD from MIT. Before Princeton, he taught at Yale, Stanford, and MIT. He also spent a year on the staff of the Council of Economic Advisers in 1982–1983.