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Thinking like an Economist: A Guide to Rational Decision Making

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Learn how to make smarter economic decisions in your professional and personal life by using the same practical principles and analytical tools employed by top economists.

Syllabus

  • 01: The Economist's Tool Kit-6 Principles
  • 02: The Economist's Tool Kit-3 Core Concepts
  • 03: The Myth of “True Value”
  • 04: Incentives and Optimal Choice
  • 05: False Incentives, Real Harm
  • 06: The Economics of Ignorance
  • 07: Playing the Odds-Reason in a Risky World
  • 08: The Economics of Information
  • 09: A Matter of Time-Predicting Future Values
  • 10: Think Again-Evaluating Risk in Purchasing
  • 11: Behavioral Economics-What Are We Thinking?
  • 12: Acting like an Economist
  • By This Professor

Taught by

Randall Bartlett

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