Course curriculum

    1. Syllabus

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    1. 1.1 Scarcity: Limited Resources and the Economic Problem

    2. Quiz 1.1

    3. 1.2 Resource Allocation and Economic Systems: Markets, Command, and Mixed

    4. Quiz 1.2

    5. 1.3 The Production Possibilities Curve: Opportunity Cost, Efficiency, and Growth

    6. Quiz 1.3

    7. 1.3 Interactive Lab: Lakeland PPC Lab

    8. 1.4 Comparative Advantage and Trade: Specialization and Terms of Trade

    9. Quiz 1.4

    10. 1.4 Interactive Lab: Trade Table Lab

    11. 1.5 Cost-Benefit Analysis: Deciding by Comparing Total Costs and Benefits

    12. Quiz 1.5

    13. 1.6 Marginal Analysis and Consumer Choice: Choosing at the Margin

    14. Quiz 1.6

    15. 1.6 Interactive Lab: Margin and Utility Spreadsheet Lab

    1. 2.1 Demand: The Law of Demand, Determinants, and Shifts

    2. Quiz 2.1

    3. 2.1 Interactive Lab: Demand Detective

    4. 2.2 Supply: The Law of Supply, Determinants, and Shifts

    5. Quiz 2.2

    6. 2.2 Interactive Lab: Supply Shifter

    7. 2.3 Price Elasticity of Demand: Measuring Responsiveness and Total Revenue

    8. Quiz 2.3

    9. 2.3 Interactive Lab: Elasticity Calculator

    10. 2.4 Price Elasticity of Supply: Time, Inputs, and the Polar Cases

    11. Quiz 2.4

    12. 2.4 Interactive Lab: Supply Stretch Test

    13. 2.5 Other Elasticities: Income and Cross-Price Elasticity

    14. Quiz 2.5

    15. 2.5 Interactive Lab: Elasticity Sorting Desk

    16. 2.6 Market Equilibrium and Surplus: Consumer and Producer Gains

    17. Quiz 2.6

    18. 2.6 Interactive Lab: Surplus Finder

    19. 2.7 Market Disequilibrium and Changes in Equilibrium: Shortages, Surpluses, and Shifts

    20. Quiz 2.7

    21. 2.7 Interactive Lab: Four-Step Market Tracker

    22. 2.8 Government Intervention in Markets: Price Ceilings, Floors, Taxes, and Subsidies

    23. Quiz 2.8

    24. 2.8 Interactive Lab: Policy Workbench

    25. 2.9 Tax Incidence: Who Really Pays When Government Taxes a Good

    26. Quiz 2.9

    27. 2.9 Interactive Lab: Who Pays the Tax?

    28. 2.10 International Trade and Public Policy: Tariffs and Quotas

    29. Quiz 2.10

    30. 2.10 Interactive Lab: Trade Policy Desk

    1. 3.1 The Production Function: Marginal Product and Diminishing Returns

    2. Quiz 3.1

    3. 3.1 Interactive Lab: Bakery Product Table

    4. 3.2 Short-Run Production Costs: Fixed, Variable, Marginal, and Average Costs

    5. Quiz 3.2

    6. 3.2 Interactive Lab: Cost Curve Lab

    7. 3.3 Long-Run Production Costs: Economies and Diseconomies of Scale

    8. Quiz 3.3

    9. 3.3 Interactive Lab: The Long-Run Cost Curve

    10. 3.4 Types of Profit: Accounting, Economic, and Normal Profit

    11. Quiz 3.4

    12. 3.4 Interactive Lab: Two Kinds of Profit

    13. 3.5 Profit Maximization: Marginal Revenue Equals Marginal Cost

    14. Quiz 3.5

    15. 3.5 Interactive Lab: Find the Best Quantity

    16. 3.6 Short-Run Decisions and Long-Run Entry and Exit: Shutdown and Break-Even

    17. Quiz 3.6

    18. 3.6 Interactive Lab: Profit, Loss and Shutdown

    19. 3.7 Perfect Competition: Price Takers and Efficient Outcomes

    20. Quiz 3.7

    21. 3.7 Interactive Lab: Market and Firm Side by Side

    22. 3.8 Average Product, Marginal Cost, and the Link Between Production and Cost

    23. Quiz 3.8

    24. 3.8 Interactive Lab: From Production to Cost

    25. 3.9 Perfect Competition Over Time: Demand Shifts and Constant, Increasing, and Decreasing Cost Industries

    26. Quiz 3.9

    27. 3.9 Interactive Lab: Trace a Demand Shock

    1. 4.1 Imperfectly Competitive Markets: Market Power, Barriers, and Concentration

    2. Quiz 4.1

    3. 4.2 Monopoly: Pricing, Output, and Deadweight Loss

    4. Quiz 4.2

    5. 4.2 Interactive Lab: Read the Monopoly Graph

    6. 4.3 Price Discrimination: Charging Different Customers Different Prices

    7. Quiz 4.3

    8. 4.3 Interactive Lab: One Price or Many

    9. 4.4 Monopolistic Competition: Differentiated Products and Zero Long-Run Profit

    10. Quiz 4.4

    11. 4.4 Interactive Lab: Pizza Shops in the Long Run

    12. 4.5 Natural Monopoly and Regulation: Average-Cost Pricing and Fair-Return Pricing

    13. Quiz 4.5

    14. 4.5 Interactive Lab: Regulate the Water Company

    15. 4.6 Oligopoly: Interdependence, Collusion, and Concentration

    16. Quiz 4.6

    17. 4.7 Game Theory: Payoff Matrices, Dominant Strategies, and Nash Equilibrium

    18. Quiz 4.7

    19. 4.7 Interactive Lab: Solve the Payoff Matrix

    1. 5.1 Factor Markets: Derived Demand and Marginal Revenue Product

    2. Quiz 5.1

    3. 5.1 Interactive Lab: MRP Spreadsheet Lab

    4. 5.2 Changes in Factor Demand and Supply: Wages, Rents, and Interest

    5. Quiz 5.2

    6. 5.2 Interactive Lab: Labor Market Shifts Lab

    7. 5.3 Least-Cost Input Combinations: Substituting Labor and Capital

    8. Quiz 5.3

    9. 5.3 Interactive Lab: Least-Cost Mix Spreadsheet Lab

    10. 5.4 Profit-Maximizing Hiring: The MRP = MRC Rule in Competitive Factor Markets

    11. Quiz 5.4

    12. 5.4 Interactive Lab: Hiring Decision Spreadsheet Lab

    13. 5.5 Monopsony: A Single Buyer of Labor, Wages, and Employment

    14. Quiz 5.5

    15. 5.5 Interactive Lab: Monopsony Graph Lab

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