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Tribute to Jerry Stone

Jerry Stone long-believed that the best principles of economics textbooks are authored by people invested in their students’ classroom experience. The decisions made in the shaping of the first several editions of CoreEconomics were educated by Jerry’s thirty-plus years in the classroom. The foundation of this edition is a testament to Jerry’s accomplishment: a book envisioned, designed, and executed to be the principles of economics book that teaches better than any other textbook on the market.

Jerry had a remarkable career as a longtime teacher at Metropolitan State University of Denver and as an author of two successful principles of economics textbooks. Those who knew Jerry miss his steadfast commitment to the teaching of economics, a legacy that lives on in each new edition of Economics: Principles for a Changing World. Jerry Stone passed away after a difficult battle with cancer in August of 2010.