Economics & Property

Danny Myers had a clear mission: make economic principles accessible to property and construction students who might find a standard economics textbook alienating. Real examples drawn from the Estates Gazette give abstract concepts like supply elasticity and market equilibrium a tangible face, and the clean layout with glossaries and key learning points supports students working through difficult material independently. Multiple editions confirm it found and kept a real classroom audience. The limitations are geography and time: the examples skew heavily toward UK property markets, and the foundational edition dates from the mid-2000s, well before post-2008 market disruptions reshaped the sector. UK built-environment students will get the most from it; readers elsewhere may need to translate examples to their own markets.