Jodi Beggs: Economists Do It With Models

This video discusses two different ways of calculating inflation- using the consumer price index (CPI) and using the GDP deflator- and goes through the relevant features of each. By Jodi Beggs - Economists Do It With Models http://www.economistsdoitwithmodels.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/economistsdoitwithmodels Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jodiecongirl Tumblr: http://economistsdoitwithmodels.tumblr.com

This video walks through where the formula for present value comes from and what it represents. By Jodi Beggs - Economists Do It With Models http://www.economistsdoitwithmodels.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/economistsdoitwithmodels Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jodiecongirl Tumblr: http://economistsdoitwithmodels.tumblr.com

This video addresses a viewer question from an earlier video on difference curves, namely "can a consumer be indifferent between different indifference curves?" (spoiler alert: the answer is no) By Jodi Beggs - Economists Do It With Models http://www.economistsdoitwithmodels.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/economistsdoitwithmodels Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jodiecongirl Tumblr: http://economistsdoitwithmodels.tumblr.com

This video explains why sensible indifference curves can't intersect. By Jodi Beggs - Economists Do It With Models http://www.economistsdoitwithmodels.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/economistsdoitwithmodels Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jodiecongirl Tumblr: http://economistsdoitwithmodels.tumblr.com

This video reviews the categories of aggregate expenditure (consumption, investment, government purchases, exports, imports) and shows how they fit together in order to count specifically the expenditure on an economy's production, or GDP. By Jodi Beggs - Economists Do It With Models http://www.economistsdoitwithmodels.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/economistsdoitwithmodels Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jodiecongirl Tumblr: http://economistsdoitwithmodels.tumblr.com

This video shows what indifference curves look like when goods can be "bads"- i.e. can give consumers negative utility. Examples of bads include pollution, noise, and so on, and consumption of such goods can be incorporated into the standard utility maximization or consumer choice framework in a pretty straightforward way. By Jodi Beggs - Economists Do It With Models http://www.economistsdoitwithmodels.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/economistsdoitwithmodels Twitter:...

This video explains how to calculate average total cost for a firm that produces more than one type of output. By Jodi Beggs - Economists Do It With Models http://www.economistsdoitwithmodels.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/economistsdoitwithmodels Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jodiecongirl Tumblr: http://economistsdoitwithmodels.tumblr.com

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