principles of economics

  • How People Make Decisions
    • People Face Trade-offs
    • The Cost of Something Is What You Give Up to Get It
    • Rational People Think at the Margin
    • People Respond to Incentives
  • How People Interact
    • Trade Can Make Everyone Better Off
    • Markets Are Usually a Good Way to Organize Economic Activity
    • Governments Can Sometimes Improve Market Outcomes
  • How the Economy as a Whole Works
    • A Country’s Standard of Living Depends on Its Ability to Produce Goods and Services
    • Prices Rise When the Government Prints Too Much Money
    • Society Faces a Short-Run Trade-off between Inflation and Unemployment