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About the Course

We make economics decisions every day: what to buy, whether to work or play, what to study. We respond to markets all the time: prices influence our decisions, markets signal where to put effort, they direct firms to produce certain goods over others. Economics is all around us. This course is an introduction to the microeconomic theory of markets: why we have them, how they work, what they accomplish. We will start with the concept of scarcity and how specialization according to comparative advantage helps us achieve more than we could alone. Next we model a marked using the tools of Supply and Demand and learn what well working markets accomplish and what their limit are. We end by exploring the impact of government intervention on perfect markets. Examples are taken from everyday life, from goods and services that we all purchase and use. We will apply the theory to current events and policy debates through weekly exercises. These will empower you to be an educated, critical thinker who can understand, analyze and evaluate market outcomes....

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MH

May 4, 2016

Nice, short and interesting videos. The assignments are not too difficult or too easy. You can see, that Mrs Stein put a lot of effort into the videos and explanations.

AP

May 17, 2020

The information I gained during this course will surely help me in becoming a better economist in the future and I found all the concepts quite easy as they were explained very well.

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By Nimish K

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Aug 28, 2021

Wonderful Course

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Jul 12, 2021

very nice course

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Dec 24, 2017

excellent course

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Aug 23, 2017

very interesting

By Kobieliev V

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Nov 6, 2023

Все будо чудово

By Begli S

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Nov 18, 2021

the best course

By Ramesh M

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Apr 18, 2020

Awesome teacher

By Kailas S K

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Feb 18, 2019

Very productive

By Clifford T

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Mar 2, 2016

excellent class

By Joselyne U M

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Jul 17, 2025

So educational

By Pranav S

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Feb 6, 2023

Amazing course

By Kenesbekova A

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Oct 24, 2021

Я благодарна!

By David A P

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Feb 9, 2025

Es excelente!

By Ashwed A P

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Jul 2, 2018

Great course!

By Shashkiyeva A

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Jul 3, 2023

замечательно

By Nishant S

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Sep 25, 2022

nice course

By Rasinah b A K

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Sep 11, 2021

great module

By Ahmed O M F

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Apr 7, 2020

Super Course

By Leah R

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Aug 10, 2018

Great Course

By Amar S

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Aug 12, 2019

Good Course

By 張守忻

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May 9, 2019

very gooodd

By PRIYANSHU S

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Oct 28, 2025

excellent

By Awadhesh K

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Sep 30, 2025

very good

By Ntobeko N

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Aug 12, 2025

excellent

By Siddharth S P

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Sep 1, 2022

thank you