This book seeks to achieve these objectives in a number of ways. To an extent not found in other texts, this one abounds with recent news articles. real-world examples, current issues, case studies, and practical problems. Most important, these mo- tivating features are provided without sacrificing basic theory. As a result, the book enables students to become deeply involved in the learning process by "practicing" economics instead of merely hear- ing about it in lectures and seeing it in a text.