Comparative Advantage Specialization and Gains from Trade
How two parties can get better outcomes by specializing in their comparative advantage and trading
Comparative Advantage and Absolute Advantage
Showing that a party benefits from trade as long as there is a comparative advantage (and not necessarily an absolute advantage)
Factors Affecting Supply
How the price of inputs, price of related goods, number of suppliers technology, and expected future prices affects the supply curve
Producer Surplus
Looking at the supply curve as an opportunity cost curve. Understanding the producer surplus as the area between the supply curve and the market price
Equalizing Marginal Utility per Dollar Spent
Why the marginal utility for dollar spent should be theoritically equal for the last increment of either good purchased
Optional Calculus Proof to Show that MR has Twice Slope of Demand
Using some basic calculus to show that marginal revenue has twice the slope of the demand curve for a monopolist
Review of Revenue and Cost Graphs for a Monopoly
Review of marginal revenue (MR), total revenue (TR), marginal cost (MC) and average total cost (ATC) for a monopoly
Aggregate Demand
Understanding how aggregate demand is different from demand for a specific good or service. Justifications for the aggregate demand curve being downward sloping
Real GDP driving Price
Thinking about how high utilization could drive price as another justification for an upward sloping short-run aggregate supply curve
Consumption Function with Income Dependent Taxes
Thinking about a consumption function where taxes are also a function of income (which is more realistic than constant taxes)
Math Mechanics of Thai Banking Crisis
Going through the mechanics of how a Thai financial institution can lose their shirt when their currency devalues.
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Topics covered in an traditional college level introductory microeconomics and macroeconomics course
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