A cornerstone of the Harcourt's publishing program for 25 years, Macroeconomics: Private and Public Choice has been one of the company's most solid and enduring texts ever. It is considered to be the best existing principles of economics textbook emphasizing free markets. With the eighth edition having sold more copies than any edition ever before, this text stands at the forefront with an exciting new ninth edition.The strengths of Macroeconomics: Private and Public Choice are its clarity, emphasis on the economic way of thinking, and its application to the world around us. Authors James Gwartney, Richard Stroup, and Russell Sobel believe that a text enabling students to understand a few basic concepts and apply those concepts is central to a principles of economics course.