<p><em>Thistitle is a Pearson Global Edition. The Editorial team at Pearson has workedclosely with educators around the world to include content which is especiallyrelevant to students outside the United States. </em></p><p><em>Forcourses in the principles of economics.</em></p><p><strong>Anevidence-based approach to economics</strong><br>Throughout <strong><em>Economics</em>, 3rd Edition,</strong> authors DaronAcemoglu, David Laibson, and John List use real economic questions anddata to help students learn about the world around them. Taking a freshapproach, they use the themes of optimization, equilibrium, and empiricism tonot only illustrate the power of simple economic ideas, but also to explain andpredict what¿s happening in today¿s society. Each chapter begins with anempirical question that is relevant to the life of a student, and islater answered using data in the Evidence-Based Economics feature. As a resultof the text¿s practical emphasis, students learn to apply economic pri