Amazon.com description: Product Description: This primer covers mathematical methods used in both economics and finance courses at the undergraduate and MBA levels. It describes the purpose and techniques, both algebraic and geometric, associated with basic economic model building and interpretation. For students with a weaker background in mathematics, this book provides a intuitive explanation of the basic mathematical tools utilized in economics. For students with a stronger background, this book simplifies the application of those tools through numerous economic examples. These attributes make this book useful as either a supplementary text or as a reference source for many finance and economics courses.