Our goal in the 10th edition, as it was in the first edition, is to instill in students a fascination with both the functioning of the economy and the power and breadth of economics. The first line of every edition of our book has been “The study of economics should begin with a sense of wonder.”We hope that readers come away from our book with a basic understanding of how market economies function, an appreciation for the things they do well, and a sense of the things they do poorly.We also hope that readers begin to learn the art and science of economic thinking and begin to look at some policy and even personal decisions in a different way.

我们在第十版的目标，就像在第一版一样，是要灌输给学生一种既对经济的功能着迷，又对经济学的力量和广度着迷。我们每版书的第一行都是“经济学的研究应该从一种惊奇感开始”。我们希望读者在离开我们的书时，对市场经济的运作有一个基本的了解，对他们做得好的事情有一种欣赏，以及他们所做的事情的感觉很糟糕。我们也希望读者开始学习经济思维的艺术和科学，开始以不同的方式看待一些政策甚至个人决策。