Programme

Economics

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Foundations of EconomicsScarcity, choice, opportunity cost, economic systems and the way economists think.15 lessons

Demand, Supply and MarketsHow demand and supply set prices, elasticity, surplus, and what happens when governments intervene.16 lessons

Consumer Choice and Behavioural EconomicsUtility, budget constraints and indifference curves, and how real people depart from the rational model.15 lessons

Production, Costs and the FirmProduction in the short and long run, cost curves, economies of scale, revenue and profit, and what firms really aim for.15 lessons

Market Structures and CompetitionPerfect competition, monopoly, monopolistic competition and oligopoly, game theory and competition policy.15 lessons

Market Failure and the Role of GovernmentExternalities, public goods, information problems, environmental economics and government failure.15 lessons

Labour Markets and Income DistributionHow wages are set, minimum wages, unions and monopsony, human capital, inequality and poverty.14 lessons

National Income, Growth and the Business CycleMeasuring GDP, aggregate demand and supply, the multiplier, business cycles and long-run growth.16 lessons

Unemployment, Inflation and Fiscal PolicyTypes of unemployment, causes and costs of inflation, the Phillips curve, fiscal policy, public debt and supply-side policy.15 lessons

Money, Banking and Monetary PolicyMoney and its functions, how banks create credit, the ECB and its tools, financial stability and banking crises.16 lessons

International Trade and FinanceGains from trade, protectionism, the EU single market, the balance of payments, exchange rates and the euro.16 lessons

Public Finance and the Economics of TaxationWhy the state spends, principles of good taxation, tax incidence and efficiency, corporation tax and public spending choices.15 lessons

The Irish Economy in EuropeIreland's economic history from protectionism to the Celtic Tiger, the crash and recovery, and today's strengths and risks.15 lessons

Economic Thought and Economic DataThe great economists and schools of thought, and the tools for reading economic data and evidence.15 lessons