14.01: Intro to Microeconomics
Intro to microeconomics! This Crash Course Microeconomics playlist reviews a good portion of the core concepts.
- Part 1 contains the history of economics, consumer utility theory and maximization, supply and demand curves, and taxes.
- Part 2 contains causality methods (instrumental variables, randomized controlled trials, regression discontinuity), the monopoly’s problem, and price discrimination, in addition to topics from the previous part.
- Part 3 contains externalities, public goods and game theory, models of competition (Bertrand, Hotelling, Diamond, Cournot), asymmetric information (Lemon), market design, and government policies, in addition to topics from previous parts.