The team at Marginal Revolution has announced that it is freshening up some of its educational videos with updated data. The update provides an opportunity, the blog notes, to remind readers that Modern Principles of Economics is, in their view, the best principles-of-economics textbook available, citing its great videos, clear writing, and excellent applications and examples.

The textbook is closely associated with the blog's authors, economists Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok, both of George Mason University. Modern Principles of Economics is known for integrating video content and real-world applications into the teaching of introductory economics, an approach that pairs with the Marginal Revolution University online education platform, which offers free economics courses. Marginal Revolution University, launched by the same economists, is part of a broader trend of free online education platforms that emerged in the early 2010s alongside MOOCs, and it remains one of the few dedicated specifically to economics instruction. Keeping video content current matters for such materials because datasets and examples in economics teaching can quickly become dated, and refreshed data helps keep the courses aligned with the textbook's emphasis on real-world applications.

Further information about the textbook is available at https://marginalrevolution.com/our-textbook.