Instant Economics

Introduction - What is economics? - What does an economist do? - What is wealth? - Ancient economics - Scholastic economics - Feudalism - Islamic economics - Double-entry bookkeeping - Mercantilism - The Industrial Revolution - Adam Smith - The invisible hand - Classical economics - Karl Marx - The marginal revolution - Neoclassical economics - Alfred Marshall - Carl Menger - Marginal productivity - Inflation - Deflation - The money illusion - Rational economic man - The corporation - Preferences - Diminishing marginal utility - Demand - Supply - Elasticities - The law of supply and demand - Equilibrium - Price controls - Indifference curve - Consumer budget - Economic surplus - Deadweight losses - Opportunity cost - Perfect competition - Efficiency - Market failure - Monopoly - Monopsony - Externalities - The Great Depression - Keynes - Propensity - The multiplier - The long and the short term - Neoclassical synthesis - Milton Friedman - Chicago school - The mainstream consensus - The macroeconomy - Investment - Interest rates - Gross domestic product (GDP) - Consumption - Economic growth I - classical theory - Division of labour - Comparative advantage - Thomas Malthus - The steady-state economy - Monetary policy - Bonds - Yield curve - Credit rating - Debt - Taxes - The economics of death - Price index - Negative interest rates - Fiscal policy - Neoliberalism - International trade - Bilateral balances - Development economics - Randomized control trials - Private property - The commons - Markets - Free market economy - Communism - The fall of the Berlin Wall - Mixed economy - The IMF and World Bank - Labour - The role of government - Economic model - William Petty - Laissez-faire economics - Leon Walras - The Pareto principle - The IS-LM model - The Phillips curve - Expected utility theory - Prisoner's dilemma - The Arrow-Debreu model - The representative agent - DSGE model - Econometrics - The unpredictable economy - Integrated climate-economy models - History of money - The two sides of money - Tally sticks - Gold and silver - Paper money - Fiat money - Fractional reserve banking - Central banks - Money creation by banks - Hyperinflation - Debt and deficits - Modern Monetary Theory - Quantitative easing - Basic income - Rates of exchange - The euro - Credit cards - Cryptocurrency - Neoclassical growth model - Creative destruction - The business cycle - Human capital - New Growth Theory - Promoting economic growth - Securities - Stock - Modern portfolio theory - Random walks - Efficient market hypothesis - Options - Hedge funds - Black-Scholes - Derivatives - Value at risk - Financial services industry - The Great Financial Crisis - Post-crisis economics - Behavioural economics - Cognitive biases - Prospect theory - Behavioural finance - Complexity economics - Systems dynamics - Agent-based models - Evolutionary economics - Quantum economics - Land - Inequality - Thomas Piketty - Limits to growth - Climate change economics - Alternatives to GDP - Instability - Hyper-globalization - Power - Gender - Tax evasion - Ethics - Glossary and Further Reading.