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This opening module of the Power of Markets course covers the basic assumptions about market participants made by economists, the concept of opportunity cost, and the key...

This online course explores China’s economic development and the current challenges facing the Chinese economy.

This online course gives an introduction to microeconomics. It is based on an Econ 100 class at Rice University.

This course offers an introduction to the functions of individual decision-makers—both consumers and producers—within the larger economic system. Emphasis is on the nature and...

This course introduces simple and multiple regression, followed by topics of special interest to deal with model specification, endogenous variables, binary choice data, and...

The course is founded upon the elemental idea that the role of the state is to maximize the wellbeing - or simply the happiness - of its residents. It touches upon the essence...

This course is an introduction to the microeconomic theory of markets: why we have them, how they work, what they accomplish.

This online course gives an introduction to econometric models and methods as well as their applications.

This online course (MOOC) explores economics from a pluralist perspective.

This online course gives an introduction to macroeconomics. It is based on an economics class at Rice University.

This course former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy F. Geithner and Professor Andrew Metrick surveys the causes, events, policy responses, and aftermath of the recent...

This course teaches how market-based allocation systems use prices as rationing devices, encouraging or discouraging consumption and production to reach equilibrium.

This MOOC gives an overview of the monetary system for modern times, building on the intellectual traditions of British central banking and American institutionalism.

This online course program gives an online training in econometric methods, via the exploration of theoretical concepts, real-data examples and the application of econometric...

This online course gives an introduction to "Earth Economics", where Earth's data is used to develop the best global policy on a truly global level. This includes aspects like...

This online course explores various economic aspects of globalization. It includes topics such as exchange rates, free trade and protectionism, the balance of payments between...

This online course explores the processes by which local governments, businesses, and civil society groups manage local resources and infrastructure to create jobs and income.

This course will employ a non-technical approach to analyze how governments use policy to influence a country's economy.

This online course gives an introduction to central banks and monetary policy. It includes modules on interest rates, the Fed, monetary policy and inflation, and the development...

This online course gives an introduction to basic mathematical concepts like propositional and predicate logic, set theory, the number system, and proof techniques. The course...