by Thanks to everyone who the first eight chapters of my book-in-progress, Economics in Two Lessons. I’ve found the comments on Chapter 8 valuable, but haven’t yet found time to edit in response to them. Soon, I hope! In the meantime, I’ve posted a draft of Chapter 9: Market Failure. Comments, criticism and praise are welcome. The book so far is availableTable of ContentsIntroduction.Chapter 1: What is opportunity cost?Chapter 2: Markets, opportunity cost and equilibriumChapter 3:Time, information and uncertaintyChapter 4:Lesson 1: Applications.Chapter 5: Lesson 1 and economic policy.Chapter 6: The opportunity cost of destructionChapter 7: Property rights, and income distributionChapter 8:Unemployment
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Thanks to everyone who the first eight chapters of my book-in-progress, Economics in Two Lessons. I’ve found the comments on Chapter 8 valuable, but haven’t yet found time to edit in response to them. Soon, I hope!
In the meantime, I’ve posted a draft of Chapter 9: Market Failure. Comments, criticism and praise are welcome.
The book so far is available
Table of Contents
Introduction.
Chapter 1: What is opportunity cost?
Chapter 2: Markets, opportunity cost and equilibrium
Chapter 3:Time, information and uncertainty
Chapter 4:Lesson 1: Applications.
Chapter 5: Lesson 1 and economic policy.
Chapter 6: The opportunity cost of destruction
Chapter 7: Property rights, and income distribution
Chapter 8:Unemployment