
Explore economics as the study of how societies allocate resources across four economies. Understand scarcity, time as a resource, the factors of production, supply and demand, and business organization.
Explore seven types of business organizations, including sole proprietorships, partnerships, corporations, conglomerates, multinational corporations, franchises, and nonprofit organizations, with notes on ownership, liabilities, and mergers.
Explore how demand reflects willingness and ability to pay over time, and how supply responds to price to reach market equilibrium where quantities meet.
Explore the difference between GDP and GNP, understand the business cycle from expansion to trough, and examine unemployment types, measurement, and poverty thresholds to analyze economic health.
Learn how money functions as a store of value and medium of exchange, examine U.S. currency, banking history, and the role of loans, credit, and investments in personal finance.
This introduction to Economics course will help you understand how your personal finances work in the greater overview of the nation. By understanding the way the United States banking has developed and changed we can understand individual banking and finance. Understanding the way businesses work and the forces of supply and demand help us as consumers and members of a mixed economy.
The benefits of a foundational study of Economics go beyond our wallets and spending, we can understand how time is our most valuable resource and we choose how to allocate it based on our needs and wants as well as the needs and wants of others. To truly understand Economics we have to consider that every decision we make is an economic decision.
This course includes the following topics:
Definition
Types of Economies
Factors of Production
Scarcity
Types of Businesses
Pros/Cons of Different Businesses
Law of Supply and how it effects markets
Law of Demand and how it effects consumers
History of Banking
Economic Cycles
Personal Finance
Loans and Credit
This course will help you not just think economically but help you apply economic principles to your everyday life so that you can allocate your personal resources with the most care.
So let’s go, economists, we’ve got some work to do!