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Examination copies and desk copies

We are happy to provide free copies of our textbooks to any instructor who is considering adopting one of our titles or who has already adopted one. We ask that you help us pay for shipping and handling—$6.00 for the first title; $2.00 for each additional title.

For shipments to Canada, please add an additional $10.

We regret that we cannot accept other international exam copy requests. Please order through our bookstore.

To order exam copies (or desk copies, if you have already adopted one of our books), fill out the form below. (See the bottom of this page for information about how to order by email, phone, or mail.) The links below will open up separate windows or tabs so you can get more information about the books without navigating away from the form. But if you do navigate away, the form will keep whatever info you've already filled in.

Please visit our bookstore for a complete catalog of our books, including forthcoming titles.

Custom textbooks: We are now able to produce high-quality, low-cost custom anthologies of articles from Dollars & Sense magazine. If none of our existing textbooks meets your needs, please ask us about custom textbooks in the "comment" section of the form below.


Desk/Exam Copy Request Form

Please send me examination copies of the following books:

(Note: If you click on the title, info about that book will appear in a separate window or tab, depending on what kind of web browser you are using.)


The Economic Crisis Reader
Real World Micro, 17th ed. (NEW!)
Real World Macro, 27th ed. (NEW!)
Real World Labor
Real World Latin America
Current Economic Issues, 13th ed.
The Wealth Inequality Reader, 3rd ed.
Introduction to Political Economy, 6th ed. (NEW!)
Real World Globalization, 10th ed.
Unlevel Playing Fields, 3rd ed. (NEW!)
Real World Banking, 5th ed.
Striking a Balance
The Environment in Crisis, 3rd ed.
Grassroots Journalism, 2nd ed.
I am interested in custom textbooks. (Please enter details in Comments section below.)
















You can also request exam copies or desk copies by phone; just give us a call at 617-447-2177. Or you can send a written request by mail to Dollars & Sense, 29 Winter St, Boston, MA 02108; or .

If you write or email, please include all the information we ask for in the form above: a list of the titles you would like us to send; your school address and departmental affiliation; your email address and phone number; and the name and expected enrollment of the applicable courses.

For payment for shipping and handling, you can either mail us a check (if your request is by mail) or pay by credit card over the phone. Otherwise (e.g. if your request is via email or our online form) we'll include a friendly reminder with your shipment.

We are not able to provide free copies of Teaching Economics As If People Mattered as it is a curriculum guide and not a classroom textbook.