Authors James D. Gwartney, Richard L. Stroup, Russell S. Sobel, and David Macpherson, believe that a course on principles ofeconomics should focus on the power and relevance of the economic way of thinking. It is this belief and corresponding writingapproach that has made MACROECONOMICS: PRIVATE AND PUBLIC CHOICE one of South Western Thomson Learning's most solid and enduringtexts. Throughout this text, the authors integrate applications and real-world data in an effort to make the basic concepts of economicscome alive for the reader.