Welcome to the blog

Hi to you all,

I would like to start by thanking you for buying my new book titled "Reading and Understanding Economics". I really hope you like it and that you find it useful or just fun to read. The publishers have once again done a great job with coming up with a superb design which I hope you like as much as I do.

To support the book they have also developed a very active web-based support which is available on this site.

The main resource is my blog where I will be able to discuss current issues in the economy as well as enabling me to update some of the analysis/cases. You can also download and listen to podcasts for each article and get hints to help them answer the questions that are in each section. For lecturers I have produced some sample exam-type questions that you are free to use for next summer’s paper.

In the near future we intend to add some video content. The team at Pearson's plan to come and record some of teaching sessions at Kingston. More news to follow on this soon!

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions please e-mail me at:

k.boakes@kingston.ac.uk

Once again I hope you like the book and enjoy visiting the website.

Best regards,
Kevin