Economics
Economics studies how people and societies handle scarcity: what gets made, who gets it, and what the alternatives cost. This course covers the core mechanisms and states plainly where economists disagree.
What you'll learn
10 chapters, then the quiz
- 01Scarcity and choiceThe starting assumption.
- 02Supply and demandHow prices get set.
- 03IncentivesPeople respond to costs and rewards.
- 04When markets failWhere the model breaks.
- 05The whole economyGrowth, inflation, unemployment.
- 06Money and bankingWhat money is and where it comes from.
- 07InflationCauses, costs and cures.
- 08TradeWhy countries exchange at all.
- 09Behavioural economicsPeople are not the model.
- 10Where economists disagreeBeing honest about the limits.
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