12/22/97
From: Marc Breslow, Co-Editor, Dollars and Sense
Re: DOLLARS AND SENSE COURSE READERS
Please excuse the commercial announcement -- we are a non-profit
organization dedicated to progressive social change.
Dollars and Sense now has six anthologies, used principally in
economics courses, but also for some political science, sociology,
labor studies and other courses. YOU CAN ORDER FREE DESK COPIES BY
SENDING AN EMAIL REPLY ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), BY CALLING
(617-628-8411), OR BY WRITING TO Dollars and Sense, 1 Summer St.,
Somerville, MA 02143. We ask only that you pay for postage: $3 for
the first book, $1 for each additional book (we will send out desk
copies before receiving the postage money).
We will also have an exhibit booth at the ASSA meetings January
3rd to 5th, at which desk copies will be available for $1 each.
Come by and pick one up, or just chat with myself and Chris Tilly
-- we love to get feedback on our books and the magagine!
New editions published this past November are:
REAL WORLD MICRO (7th edition)
REAL WORLD INTERNATIONAL (4th edition)
THE ENVIRONMENT IN CRISIS (1st edition -- a new reader!)
New editions published in May, 1997 are:
REAL WORLD MACRO (14th edition)
REAL WORLD BANKING (3rd edition)
CURRENT ECONOMIC ISSUES: PROGRESSIVE PERSPECTIVES FROM DOLLARS AND
SENSE (2nd edition)
I will post tables of contents for each of the books in following
email messages.
As you know, the articles in Dollars and Sense are analytical, yet
highly readable and concise, and have up-to-the-minute coverage of
the most important contemporary issues in economic issues and
policy. Our anthologies are excellent supplements (dare I say the
best thing available?!) to course texts -- especially for those
looking to provide left-of-center alternatives.
The books are inexpensive -- $9.50 for International, Current
Economic Issues, and The Environment in Crisis; $8.50 for Banking;
and $14.50 for Macro and Micro.
Questions or comments? Send me an email at [EMAIL PROTECTED], or
call me at (617) 628-8411.
Think that one of the books is missing an article that should be
there? Well, offer to write it yourself! -- or suggest an author
to us, and we might get it in the next edition, a year or two from
now.
FACULTY WHO LOVE US!
"Dollars and Sense readers provide the most engaging supplemental
reading I've ever used. The articles are unique in their ability
to draw on both passion and intellect from students of all
political persuasions." David E. Kaun, U. Cal.-Santa Cruz
"To keep up with current events, my students are required to read
the business press. The lively analysis of recent events in Real
World Macro is a necessary counter-weight to the business press's
consistently conservative views." David I. Levine, Haas School of
Business, U. Cal.-Berkeley
"I've had great success with Real World Micro. Students really
like its short, snappy analyses of current events and feel
challenged by its alternative viewpoint." Susan Helper, Case
Western Reserve University
"Current Economic Issues is the perfect supplement for a
one-semester, introductory course in economics. The issues are
current, the articles are thought-provoking, and the students get
excited about economics after reading their assignment!" Geoffrey
Schneider, Bucknell University
"Readings from Real World Micro provide a well written, concise
alternative view to mainstream textbooks on current economic
issues. Selected readings transplant well to the southern
hemisphere and first-year students find them interesting and easy
to digest." Julie Lee, University of Newcastle, Australia
"The Dollars and Sense readers are accessible, exciting, and
packed with information. They summarize some of the best
progressive scholarship in a concise and readable form that is
simply irreplaceable. My students love them and so do I!" Ron
Baiman, Roosevelt University
Real World Macro and Micro provide current readings on some of the
most controversial economic issues of our day, making them
terrific tools for demonstrating the relevance of economic
analysis to everyday life. " Doug Kinnear, Colorado State
University
"Real World Macro is an excellent supplemental reader for my
intermediate class. It has stimulated lively thinking and fierce
debates among my students--in other words, all you could hope for
from a supplement. Robert Pollin, U. Cal.-Riverside
"I've built my intro courses around Real World Macro over the
years. It's a good starting point for economic literacy on issues
like national income accounting, deficits and the debt. It
provides real-world depth and sophisticated, yet accessible
critiques." Michael Hillard, U. of Southern Maine.
"Students have invariably found Dollars and Sense articles to be
the most valuable part of my courses, both for illustrating basic
principles and providing an interesting alternative to the normal
curriculum." Mark Weisbrot, Preamble Center
