Economics

Textbook

William A. McEachern. Economics: A Contemporary Introduction, 6e, Thomson South-Western.

課程目標：
經濟學是從人類生活中歸納出來的經濟法則，並教導我們如何在資源稀少性的限制下，以內、外在的成本效益作決策的考量依據，進行理性選擇的一門科學。本課程將對經濟學中一些基本原則和供需原理加以解析，使修習者能夠了解經濟法則的基本原理，以為未來修習更高深的財金知識預作準備。

Lectures

Micro Economics

[Introduction]

[Some Tools of Economic Analysis]

[Demand and Supply Analysis]

[Economic Decision Makers]

[Elasticity of Demand and Supply]

[Price Elasticity and Tax Incidence]

[Consumer Choice and Demand]

[Indifference Curves and Utility Maximization]

[Production and Cost in the Firm]

[A Closer Look at Production and Costs]

[Perfect Competition]

[Monopoly]

[Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly]

[Resource Markets]

[Labor Markets and Labor Unions]

[Capital, Interest, and Corporate Finance]

[Transaction Costs, Imperfect Information, and Market Behavior]

[Economic Regulation and Antitrust Activity]

[Public Choice and Public Goods]

[Externalities and the Environment]

Macro Economics

[Introduction to Macroeconomics]

[Productivity and Growth]

[Measuring Economic Aggregates and the Circular Flow of Income]

[National Income Accounts]

[Unemployment and Inflaction]

[Aggregate Expenditure Components]

[Variable Net Exports]

[Aggregate Expenditure and Aggregate Demand]

[Variable Net Exports and Algebra of Income and Expenditure]

[Aggregate Supply]

[Fiscal policy]

[The Algebra of Demand Side Equilibrium]

[Banking and the Money Supply]