The Economic Way of Thinking</U> develops the basic principles of micro- and macroeconomic analysis, and rigorously employs them as tools</U> rather than ends unto themselves. This book introduces readers to a method of reasoning; to think like an economist&#151;teaching through example and application. It even teaches by showing learners how not</U> to think, by exposing them to the errors implicit in much popular reasoning about economic events. Chapter topics include opportunity cost and the supply of goods, supply and demand, profit and loss, competition and monopoly, price searching, competition and government policy, the distribution of income, markets and government, the overall performance of economic systems, the supply of money, monetary and fiscal policies, national policies and international exchange, employment and unemployment, promoting economic growth, and the limitations of economics. For individuals seeking a deeper understanding of the effects of world events on the economy and vice versa.

保羅·海恩（Paul Heyne，1931-2000），美國芝加哥大學倫理學與社會學博士、華盛頓大學經濟係教授。專業研究領域為經濟學史和經濟係統倫理學批評。作為大學本科經濟學教育的改革者，海恩終生緻力於改變僵化刻闆的經濟學教學方式，被譽為美國“近25年來最優秀的經濟學教育工作者”之一。《經濟學的思維方式》是海恩的代錶作，在世界範圍內享有盛譽。

彼得·勃特剋（Peter Boettke）,美國喬治·梅森大學經濟學博士，現為該校經濟學教授，同時擔任詹姆斯·布坎南政治經濟中心副主任，美國市場研究中心高級研究員。著有《計算和調試：社會主義和轉型政治經濟學》《新思維為何失敗：社會主義改造的政治和經濟》等。

大衛·普雷契特科（David Prychitko），喬治·梅森大學經濟學博士，現任北密歇根大學經濟學教授。編著有《市場過程理論》（與彼得·勃特剋閤作）、《為何經濟學傢不同意：經濟學思想流派概論》等。