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Introduction to Gross Domestic Product – Free Course

February 11, 2018

economics

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is a very important topic to understand in economics. It measures the monetary value of final goods and services of a country within a given time period and is a key metric which can be used to gauge a country's standard of living. In the Alison free online economics course "Introduction to Gross Domestic Product", you will learn about the circular … [Read more...]

Learn the Fundamentals of Economics – Free Course

February 9, 2018

economics

The free Alison "Fundamentals of Economics" course offers a comprehensive, no-nonsense guide to economics. Topics include the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services as well as economic growth and activity, employment, the market economy, inflation, wealth, and income distribution. This course is suitable for people studying business and economics or … [Read more...]

Great Economists: Classical Economics and its Forerunners – A Free Course

September 12, 2013

money

This course covers the history of economic thought up until the "Marginal Revolution" in the 1870s and features a video for each chapter of Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations." The videos will answer important questions such as: Who were the first economic thinkers? What are the very origins of economic thought? What did earlier economists understand but has been lost to the … [Read more...]

Game Theory – A Free Course

September 5, 2013

game theory

This course is an introduction to game theory and strategic thinking. Ideas such as dominance, backward induction, Nash equilibrium, evolutionary stability, commitment, credibility, asymmetric information, adverse selection, and signaling are discussed and applied to games played in class and to examples drawn from economics, politics, the movies, and elsewhere. Lecture 1 … [Read more...]

Great Big Ideas – A Free Course

August 9, 2013

Great Big Ideas

The Floating University's first course, Great Big Ideas, is composed of 12 professionally produced video lectures ranging from 40-60 minutes in length. Below is a listing of every subject covered by Great Big Ideas, presented in the order suggested by the syllabus. You can take in the material in the same progression as students at Harvard, Yale, and Bard, or skip around to … [Read more...]

Economics of the Media – A Free Course

July 22, 2013

media economics

In the Information Age, media is everywhere. This course will help you make sense of it all, providing insight into the structure of media firms, the nature of their products and how they make money. Is media biased? Is consolidation of media companies bad for consumers? This course will address those questions as well as how the government effects the structure of media … [Read more...]

Development Economics – Free Course

July 2, 2013

development

Why are some countries rich and others poor? This fundamental question has been on the mind of economists since Adam Smith wrote "The Wealth of Nations" in 1776. This is a full course that covers all the major issues and developments in the field of development economics. Unlike typical college courses, we will take you to the frontier of the discipline, covering recent … [Read more...]

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