Worth Publishers (Macmillan Learning) · 3rd edition · 2026
Principles of Economics
A modern approach to the core ideas of economics
with Justin Wolfers
An introductory economics textbook by Stevenson and Wolfers, built around a short list of core ideas — cost-benefit thinking, opportunity cost, marginal decisions, interdependence — and applied to the economy students live in. Published in full-year and split Micro / Macro editions, with regional adaptations for Australia / New Zealand and Canada, an international edition from Macmillan, and translations in Italian and Korean.
The three core editions
Published by Worth Publishers (Macmillan Learning) in full-year Principles of Economics and split Principles of Microeconomics / Principles of Macroeconomics, all in their third edition (2025).
Worth Publishers · 3rd ed. · 2026
Principles of Microeconomics
Stevenson & Wolfers
Worth Publishers · 3rd ed. · 2026
Principles of Macroeconomics
Stevenson & Wolfers
International edition
Macmillan distributes the textbook internationally from its UK list. Same text as the US edition, re-priced and stocked for readers outside North America.
Macmillan Learning UK · 3rd ed.
Principles of Microeconomics
Stevenson & Wolfers
Australia / New Zealand edition
Co-authored with Richard Holden (UNSW), with Australian and New Zealand data and institutions — the RBA and RBNZ, awards and enterprise bargaining, compulsory superannuation — replacing their US counterparts throughout.
Macmillan International · 1st ed. · 2023
Principles of Economics — ANZ
Holden, Stevenson & Wolfers
Macmillan International · 1st ed. · 2023
Principles of Microeconomics — ANZ
Holden, Stevenson & Wolfers
Macmillan International · 1st ed. · 2023
Principles of Macroeconomics — ANZ
Holden, Stevenson & Wolfers
Canadian edition
Co-authored with Kevin Milligan (UBC) and Philip Oreopoulos (Toronto), with Canadian data, the Bank of Canada, and Canadian policy examples woven through.
Macmillan International · 1st ed. · 2023
Principles of Macroeconomics — Canadian Edition
Milligan, Oreopoulos, Stevenson & Wolfers
Macmillan International · 1st ed. · 2023
Principles of Microeconomics — Canadian Edition
Milligan, Oreopoulos, Stevenson & Wolfers
Translations
Korean edition
Licensed translation
Korean edition
Licensed translation of the US text; availability through Macmillan’s international rights program.
Instructor resources
The textbook pairs with Macmillan’s Achieve digital learning platform, which provides auto-graded problems, pre-built assignments, adaptive quizzing, and an e-book keyed to the print edition.
Teaching with the textbook — selected talks
Short introductions to the textbook
- Stevenson & Wolfers on the 4 Core Principles — overview of the textbook’s organizing framework (Macmillan Learning).
- Stevenson & Wolfers on Supply, Demand, and Equilibrium — a short tour of one of the textbook’s foundational chapters.