Principles & Practices is the only program with full coverage of the new economy and the impact of the digital revolution. It is correlated to the National Standards and, in addition to having current statistics and news events, this program has updated diagrams, charts, maps, photos, and illustrations.
McGraw-Hill Education traces its history back to 1888 when James H. McGraw, co-founder of the company, purchased the American Journal of Railway Appliances. He continued to add further publications, eventually establishing The McGraw Publishing Company in 1899. His co-founder, John A. Hill, had also produced several technical and trade publications and in 1902 formed his own business, The Hill Publishing Company.
In 1909 both men agreed upon an alliance and combined the book departments of their publishing companies into The McGraw-Hill Book Company. John Hill served as President, with James McGraw as Vice-President. 1917 saw the merger of the remaining parts of each business into The McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, Inc.
I've read it bit by bit, small section by small section for two month now and it was successful in giving me a basic grasp on economic principles while not boring me entirely. But I mean, come on, it's an economics textbook, it was still a little boring, but that's not the point of reading it.