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From Steve: Many thanks are due, so I'd like to name names. My longtime editor at Wiley, Judith McCarthy, made hundreds of suggestions to improve and update the book. Authors often hate to change even a word, but Judith's editing has made this second edition a much smoother read. Claire McKean did a thorough copyedit, catching dozens of errors that made it through the first edition, and Benjamin Hamilton supervised the production of the book from copyediting through page proofs.

I owe a large debt of gratitude to my family, especially to my nephews, Jonah and Eric Zimiles. Jonah provided me with a blow-by-blow critique of the strengths and weaknesses of my previous book, Economics: A Self-Teaching Guide (Wiley, 1988), on which I was able to build while writing this book. And Eric, after having read that book, recognized its format lent itself best to my writing style and encouraged me to write another book. Eric's daughters, Eleni, 11, Justine, 7, and Sophie, 5, have contributed to the new edition by helping me with my math whenever I happened to get stuck.

My father, Jack, a retired math teacher, provided inspiration of another kind. As the oldest living academic perfectionist, he upholds such unattainable standards that one cannot help but feel tolerance for one's own shortcomings and those of just about everyone else. And finally, I wish to thank my sister, Leontine Temsky, for her rationality and common sense in the most uncommon and irrational of times.

From Carolyn: Every opportunity to work with the incredible folks at Wiley has been a pleasure. This project was no exception. My thanks to go Christine O'Connor, Tom Dinse, and Riley Harding for providing the vision for the project, giving me the freedom to make it my own, and guiding me through every step. I'm grateful also to copyeditor Julie Kerr, whose keen eye and infinite patience make the final product so much better.