The Sixth Edition continues to provide solid instruction and support for the principles of economics course. A software package, known for its exciting, interactive text-related content can be used both by students and instructors. The inclusion of a unique chapter on health care economics applies standard microeconomic tools to the health care issue and provides a framework for understanding the various policy proposals concerning health care. In addition, the coverage of labor market issues is enhanced throughout the text, starting with a chapter on employment and unemployment that analyzes trends in the 1990s. Labor issues also appear prominently in a discussion of the micro foundations of macroeconomics. This Sixth Edition offers professors and students a complete learning package to enhance the principles of economics course.