Crash Course Economics
#1 Intro to Economics
Risk
Scarcity:the tension between infinite wants and finite resources
Everything has a cost
Cost and benefits
Right policy has right incentives
Incentives 刺激: a set of external ( rather than intrinsic) motivators that explain people’s choices.
Macro-economics
Micro-economics
#2 Specialization and Trade
lower opportunity cost means competitive advantage. 就是说如果我做 A 工作,我不能做 B 工作带来的损失比其他人小,则我做 A 工作就比其他人有竞争优势。因为我跟做了 B 工作的人交换收获的损失更小。
#3 Economic Systems & Macro-economics
#4 Supply and Demand
#5 Macro-economics
#6 Inflation, Bubbles
Real price 是指根据通货膨胀率调整过的过去的价格,Nominal price 是没有经过调整的过去的价格。
Consumer Price Index
专家选取一系列能代表大众一年消费量的商品组合,基于其统计每年消费金额,观察历年金额的变化趋势。
Definition of Bubbles
Definition of Inflation