Everyday economics
Economics is usually taught as national statistics. This course keeps it at the level where you meet it: shopping, wages, borrowing, tax, housing and the choices in between.
What you'll learn
10 chapters, then the quiz
- 01Choosing under scarcityEverything has an alternative.
- 02How prices behaveSignals, not verdicts.
- 03Inflation and real termsThe number in your pocket moves.
- 04Shopping decisionsComparing honestly.
- 05Income and taxWhat arrives, and why.
- 06BorrowingThe cost of using money now.
- 07Saving and compoundingTime does the work.
- 08Housing costsThe biggest line.
- 09Work and wagesWhat determines pay.
- 10Making better decisionsA few habits.
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