The Economy Around You
Spot the hidden economics shaping everyday choices.
Topics in this module
Incentives Everywhere
— Why people respond to rewards and penalties.
Everyday Tradeoffs
— Opportunity cost in the choices you make all day.
Prices as Signals
— What rising and falling prices are really telling you.
Game Theory Basics
— How outcomes depend on what others choose too.
Network Effects
— Why some products win and winners keep winning.
Externalities and Shared Costs
— When private choices spill onto everyone else.