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.
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Microeconomics: The Power of Markets
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
The Concept of Scarcity
Specialization & Trade
Supply and Demand
Understanding Markets: Elasticities, Market Surplus, Efficiency, and Equity
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TOP REVIEWS FROM MICROECONOMICS: THE POWER OF MARKETS
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.
Nice introductory course for microeconomics. Course provides simple and easy explanations for demand and supply, elasticity, effects of tax and subsidies on market.
The course was well structured and well delivered.The way each topic was delivered by the instructor, helped beginners like me to get a good understanding of the basics.ThankYou!
From this course I have received an in depth knowledge about basic concepts of microeconomics and have thoroughly enjoyed the course. I will use these concepts in my further studies.
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