Economics: Principles, Problems, and Policies is a textbook that is an integrated learning system for schoolchildren and students enrolled in economic specialties. It was first published in 1960 and, as of 2021, has released 22 editions. The authors of the modern textbook are American economics professors C. R. McConnell, S. L. Brue and S. M. Flynn.

Edition history

The first edition of the book was published in 1960. Until the 10th edition, the author was Campbell R. McConnell, professor of economics at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and since the 11th edition, which was published in 1990, Stanley L. Brue, a professor of economics, has become a co-author.^[1] Starting with the 18th edition, which was published in 2009, Professor of Economics Sean Masaki Flynn becomes the third co-author of the textbook.^[2]

The twenty-second edition was published in 2021.^[3]

Translations

Starting from the 11th edition, the textbook is translated into Russian. The decision to transfer was made by the Soviet government in 1990. For 2 years, the book was translated by 8 economists under the guidance of Professor of Moscow State University Anatoly Porokhovsky.^[4] The first Russian edition was published in 1992 by the Respublika publishing house^[1] and became a basic textbook in Russian universities.^[5]

The translation of the last twenty-first edition was published by the Infra-M publishing house in October 2019^[6]

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