THE PROBLEM-SOLVING APPROACH YOU TRUST—NOW ONLINE Intermediate Microeconomics is a foundational course where students begin to develop the analytical and problem-solving skills they’ll use in the rest of their studies and career. Smartwork5 for practice and assessment has been designed to support and develop this critical skill by including both homework and adapted, multi-step “Workout” problems—including graphing problems—and is easy for students and instructors to use. Smartwork5 is included with the purchase of any Media Update Edition. CUTTING-EDGE TEXT CONTENT BY A TRAIL-BLAZING ECONOMIST Now chief economist at Google, Hal Varian has taken part in the economic revolution sparked by new forms of technology and commerce. Used by well over a million students since its publication, Varian’s texts stay on the cutting-edge by incorporating thorough coverage of contemporary topics. NEW GRAPHING INTERACTIVES, FULL-COLOUR FIGURES AND POWERPOINTS ENHANCE YOUR COURSE Students often need additional support to understand and apply concepts such as production possibilities frontier, Edgeworth boxes, supply, demand, competition and cost minimisation. Graphing Interactives allow students to manipulate various factors that change results in the graph with accompanying explanations, enhancing their learning, which they can then apply to problems in Smartwork5. All graphs and figures in the Media Update have been updated in consistent, full-colour formats. All figures and Graphing Interactives meet accessibility guidelines.