This is a book for an engineering economics class, which you will be stuck taking regardless of what branch of engineering you major in. It basically covers how to value property, determine the life of assets, make business decisions based on an economic analysis of one choice over another, or inaction version taking some action, etc. I found the class mind-numbingly boring, which skewed my opinion of the book. Overall, I think the book does a decent job explaining the concepts but falls into the trap that many math and engineering books do (although there are some things that it does gloss over a bit). Namely, the examples in the chapter text show you how to do the most basic problems but give little or no help when solving the more advanced problems. And, of course, the answer key in the back only gives you the answers for some of the problems, so it is hard to check yourself.
So, I would say it is a pretty standard textbook in what it does and does not give you. It is not the best textbook I have used, but it is not the worst. Realistically, you will be stuck with it if your teacher assigns it, but you will likely not be able to learn everything you need to know for the class just by reading the book.
So, I would say it is a pretty standard textbook in what it does and does not give you. It is not the best textbook I have used, but it is not the worst. Realistically, you will be stuck with it if your teacher assigns it, but you will likely not be able to learn everything you need to know for the class just by reading the book.
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