Understand how markets, governments, and global trade systems shape economic decisions in today’s interconnected world. Learn to analyze demand and supply, evaluate economic policies, interpret inflation and GDP indicators, and understand how international trade and financial systems influence business and markets.
This course provides a practical and structured introduction to economics by combining microeconomics, macroeconomics, and international trade into one comprehensive learning journey. You’ll explore how consumers make choices, how firms compete in different market structures, and how prices are determined through market equilibrium.
Through real-world examples and economic frameworks, you’ll examine monetary policy, fiscal policy, inflation, business cycles, exchange rates, and global trade dynamics. The course also explores auctions, consumer behavior, foreign exchange markets, market competition, and government interventions that affect economic outcomes across industries and countries.
A unique feature of this course is its integrated approach that connects individual market behavior with broader economic policy and international trade systems. This helps learners build strong analytical thinking and economic reasoning skills applicable in business, finance, policy analysis, and global commerce.
By the end of the course, you’ll be able to interpret economic indicators, analyze policy decisions, evaluate market behavior, and apply core economic concepts to real-world business and global trade scenarios.
This module introduces the fundamental principles of microeconomics by exploring demand and supply functions, movements and shifts in curves, and the process of determining market equilibrium. Learners examine how market forces interact to determine prices and quantities, analyze price bubbles, and understand conditions for stable and unstable equilibrium in competitive markets.
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8个视频4个作业
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8个视频•总计45分钟
Aggregating Demand Supply Curves•10分钟
Demand and Supply Functions•5分钟
Introduction of Types of Markets•4分钟
Price Bubbles•3分钟
Calculation of Equilibrium•5分钟
Shifts and Movements•8分钟
Continue on Shifts and Movements•4分钟
Stable and Unstable Equilibrium•5分钟
4个作业•总计60分钟
Graded - Foundations of Demand and Supply•30分钟
Understanding Market Demand and Supply•10分钟
Market Basics and Price Behavior•10分钟
Market Adjustments•10分钟
Market Mechanisms and Consumer Behavior
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This module examines consumer decision-making and market mechanisms such as auctions and exchange systems. Learners explore indifference curves, consumer equilibrium, and the role of bidding strategies in auctions. The module also introduces foreign exchange markets and the participants involved in global currency transactions.
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8个视频•总计72分钟
About Auctions•10分钟
Demand and Supply Analysis•10分钟
Indifference Curve•7分钟
Consumer's Equilibrium Bundle•9分钟
Currency Exchange Rates•10分钟
Market Participants•8分钟
Cross Rates•10分钟
Exchange Rate Regimes•8分钟
4个作业•总计60分钟
Graded - Market Mechanisms and Consumer Behavior•30分钟
Market Transactions and Auctions•10分钟
Consumer Preferences and Choices•10分钟
Global Market Participants•10分钟
International Economics and Trade
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This module explores the interaction between global trade and financial systems. Learners examine exchange rate regimes, trade restrictions, capital flows, and trade deficits. The module also introduces the concept of money, the money market equilibrium, and the objectives and characteristics of central banking institutions.
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8个视频•总计76分钟
Exchange Rates and Trade Deficit•9分钟
International Trade and Capital Flows•9分钟
Trade Restrictions•10分钟
Monetary and Fiscal Policy•9分钟
Definitions of Money•10分钟
Equilibrium in the Money Market•10分钟
Objectives of Central Banks•12分钟
Characteristics of Central Banks•7分钟
4个作业•总计60分钟
Graded - International Economics and Trade•30分钟
Exchange Rates and Global Trade•10分钟
Trade Policies and Restrictions•10分钟
Money Market and Central Banking•10分钟
Monetary and Fiscal Policy
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This module focuses on macroeconomic policy tools used by governments and central banks to stabilize economic activity. Learners explore monetary policy transmission mechanisms, neutral interest rates, fiscal policy tools, fiscal multipliers, and policy implementation lags that influence economic outcomes.
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8个视频•总计57分钟
Monetary Policy Transmission•6分钟
Neutral Interest Rate•5分钟
Fiscal Policy - Objectives and Tools•8分钟
Fiscal Multiplier•8分钟
Fiscal Policy Lag•5分钟
Understanding Business Cycles•10分钟
Business Cycle Theories•10分钟
Inflation Disinflation and Deflation•6分钟
4个作业•总计60分钟
Graded - Monetary and Fiscal Policy•30分钟
Monetary Policy Framework•10分钟
Fiscal Policy Fundamentals•10分钟
Macroeconomic Cycles•10分钟
Inflation, Indicators, and National Income
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This module examines fluctuations in economic activity and the indicators used to analyze macroeconomic performance. Learners study business cycle phases, inflation dynamics, factors affecting price levels, and the interpretation of leading, coincident, and lagging indicators. The module also introduces GDP and national income accounting.
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8个视频•总计61分钟
Headlines and Core Inflation•6分钟
Factors Affecting Price Levels•10分钟
Leading Coincident and Lagging Indicators•5分钟
GDP - National Income•10分钟
National Income•8分钟
National Income - Saving IS Curve•7分钟
Aggregate Supply and Demand•9分钟
Source of Economic Growth•8分钟
4个作业•总计60分钟
Graded - Inflation, Indicators, and National Income•30分钟
Measuring Inflation•10分钟
Economic Indicators•10分钟
Income and Aggregate Models•10分钟
Market Structures and Competition
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This module analyzes different market structures and the strategic behavior of firms within them. Learners examine perfect competition, monopolistic competition, oligopoly models, and natural monopolies. The module also introduces game theory concepts such as the Prisoner’s Dilemma and explores firm supply behavior.
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8个视频•总计44分钟
Characteristics of Market Structures•7分钟
Perfect Competition•8分钟
Monopolistic Competition•7分钟
Efficiency of Monopolistic Competition•2分钟
Oligopoly and Cournot Model•7分钟
Prisoners Dilemma•6分钟
Natural Monopolies•2分钟
Firms Supply Function•6分钟
4个作业•总计60分钟
Graded - Market Structures and Competition•30分钟
Types of Market Structures•10分钟
Imperfect Competition•10分钟
Strategic Behavior in Markets•10分钟
Firm Behavior and Market Outcomes
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This module focuses on firm-level production decisions and the economic welfare outcomes of market interactions. Learners explore factors of production, cost structures, profit maximization in perfect competition, and industry cost conditions. The module also introduces consumer and producer surplus, price controls, and price elasticity.
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