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Welcome to the general economics concepts, examples, debates and questions section.
It starts with the shortest course in economics I have been able to devise so far. It doesn’t take long but you may have to return to it more than once.
The rest of this area covers a multitude of bits and pieces traceable through the categories (left hand side bar), the search facility (upper left) and the Resources category in the Tools section.
If you are after economic statistics, macro economics or attempts at economic forecasting you are in the wrong place.
The Course
There are only three parts to the course and each one is to be found in the Categories in the sidebar:
1. Critical themes – a realistic way to approach the world, people and behaviour
2. Critical concepts – the ideas boiled down
3. Myths and Delusions – what the media, politicians and others get confused about.
There are then a series of examples which get added to all the time. Typically they illustrate points made above.
Use the Categories in the sidebar to access these in sequence.
All three should be mastered and applied – often.
Other material in various categories is also helpful - but will make more sense once the basics are familiar. Try them first....
For references and more information see the resources pages throughout the site.
For economics in action, i.e. the application of these ideas, see the economics section.
I set out below the gist of economics and the economics story, for it is a story, but a story which, if properly understood and thought about, is one of the most useful stories ever devised to explain human behaviour.
To follow the course go to the Categories in the side bar to the left, start with "1. Critical Themes" and work through...
It starts with the shortest course in economics I have been able to devise so far. It doesn’t take long but you may have to return to it more than once.
The rest of this area covers a multitude of bits and pieces traceable through the categories (left hand side bar), the search facility (upper left) and the Resources category in the Tools section.
If you are after economic statistics, macro economics or attempts at economic forecasting you are in the wrong place.
The Course
There are only three parts to the course and each one is to be found in the Categories in the sidebar:
1. Critical themes – a realistic way to approach the world, people and behaviour
2. Critical concepts – the ideas boiled down
3. Myths and Delusions – what the media, politicians and others get confused about.
There are then a series of examples which get added to all the time. Typically they illustrate points made above.
Use the Categories in the sidebar to access these in sequence.
All three should be mastered and applied – often.
Other material in various categories is also helpful - but will make more sense once the basics are familiar. Try them first....
For references and more information see the resources pages throughout the site.
For economics in action, i.e. the application of these ideas, see the economics section.
I set out below the gist of economics and the economics story, for it is a story, but a story which, if properly understood and thought about, is one of the most useful stories ever devised to explain human behaviour.
To follow the course go to the Categories in the side bar to the left, start with "1. Critical Themes" and work through...
