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This is a 15-week course.  These lectures are self-explanatory and no textbook is required.  This course covers all the material in a standard microeconomics course, including supply and demand, elasticity, comparative advantage, opportunity cost, marginal revenue and marginal cost, utility, government regulation, and even more sophisticated concepts like the Coase Theorem, Giffen goods, and the social loss imposed by a monopoly.
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This is a 14-week course.  These lectures are self-explanatory and no textbook is required.  This course covers all the material in a standard [[microeconomics]] course, including supply and demand, elasticity, comparative advantage, [[opportunity cost]], marginal revenue and marginal cost, [[utility]], government regulation, and even more sophisticated concepts like the [[Coase Theorem]], [[Giffen good]]s, and the social loss imposed by a [[monopoly]].
 
   
 
   
 
Among over 70 students who have taken this course, 100% of those who took the [[CLEP]] exam passed it to qualify for college credit.
 
Among over 70 students who have taken this course, 100% of those who took the [[CLEP]] exam passed it to qualify for college credit.
  
Lecturer: Andy Schlafly, B.S.E. (Princeton), J.D. (Harvard Law School), teacher of more than 250 homeschooled teenagers since 2002.
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Lecturer: Andy Schlafly, B.S.E. (Princeton), J.D. (Harvard Law School), teacher of more than 300 homeschooled teenagers since 2002.
 
<br>For exams in this topic and other helpful materials, see [[Conservapedia:Index]]
 
<br>For exams in this topic and other helpful materials, see [[Conservapedia:Index]]
  
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*[[Economics Lecture One|Lecture One]] (About 5,300 words)
 
*[[Economics Lecture One|Lecture One]] (About 5,300 words)
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**[[Economics Model Answers One - 2013]]
 
**[[Economics Model Answers One|Economics Model Answers One (from 2007)]]
 
**[[Economics Model Answers One|Economics Model Answers One (from 2007)]]
 
*[[Economics Lecture Two|Lecture Two]] (About 5,100 words)
 
*[[Economics Lecture Two|Lecture Two]] (About 5,100 words)
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**[[Economics Model Answers Two - 2013]]
 
**[[Economics Model Answers Two|Economics Model Answers Two (from 2007)]]
 
**[[Economics Model Answers Two|Economics Model Answers Two (from 2007)]]
 
*[[Economics Lecture Three|Lecture Three]] (About 5,600 words)
 
*[[Economics Lecture Three|Lecture Three]] (About 5,600 words)
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**[[Economics Model Answers Three - 2013]]
 
**[[Economics Model Answers Three|Economics Model Answers Three (from 2007)]]
 
**[[Economics Model Answers Three|Economics Model Answers Three (from 2007)]]
 
*[[Economics Lecture Four|Lecture Four]] (About 5,500 words)
 
*[[Economics Lecture Four|Lecture Four]] (About 5,500 words)
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**[[Economics Model Answers Four - 2013]]
 
**[[Economics Model Answers Four|Economics Model Answers Four (from 2007)]]
 
**[[Economics Model Answers Four|Economics Model Answers Four (from 2007)]]
*[[Economics Lecture Five|Lecture Five]] (About 4,900 words)
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*[[Economics Lecture Five|Lecture Five]] (About 4,200 words)
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**[[Economics Model Answers Five - 2013]]
 
**[[Economics Model Answers Five|Economics Model Answers Five (from 2007)]]
 
**[[Economics Model Answers Five|Economics Model Answers Five (from 2007)]]
*[[Economics Lecture Six|Lecture Six]] (About 6,100 words)
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*[[Economics Lecture Six|Lecture Six]] (About 4,700 words)
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**[[Economics Model Answers Six - 2013]]
 
**[[Economics Model Answers Six|Economics Model Answers Six (from 2007)]]
 
**[[Economics Model Answers Six|Economics Model Answers Six (from 2007)]]
*[[Economics Lecture Seven|Lecture Seven]] (About 6,000 words)
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*[[Economics Lecture Seven|Lecture Seven]] (About 6,400 words)
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**[[Economics Model Answers Seven - 2013]]
 
**[[Economics Model Answers Seven|Economics Model Answers Seven (from 2007)]]
 
**[[Economics Model Answers Seven|Economics Model Answers Seven (from 2007)]]
 
*[[Economics Lecture Eight|Lecture Eight]] (About 4,200 words)
 
*[[Economics Lecture Eight|Lecture Eight]] (About 4,200 words)
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**(no model answers - homework this week is to study for the midterm exam)
 
**[[Economics Model Answers Eight|Economics Model Answers Eight (from 2007)]]
 
**[[Economics Model Answers Eight|Economics Model Answers Eight (from 2007)]]
*[[Economics Midterm Exam - Boys]]
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*[[Economics Midterm Exam - Boys]] (from a prior teaching of this course)
*[[Economics Midterm Exam - Girls]]
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*[[Economics Midterm Exam - Girls]] (from a prior teaching of this course)
 
*[[Economics Lecture Nine|Lecture Nine]] (About 4,900 words)
 
*[[Economics Lecture Nine|Lecture Nine]] (About 4,900 words)
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**[[Economics Model Answers Nine - 2013]]
 
**[[Economics Model Answers Nine|Economics Model Answers Nine (from 2007)]]
 
**[[Economics Model Answers Nine|Economics Model Answers Nine (from 2007)]]
*[[Economics Lecture Ten|Lecture Ten]] (About 4,900 words)
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*[[Economics Lecture Ten|Lecture Ten]] (About 5,400 words)
**(no questions to answer this week)
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**[[Economics Model Answers Ten - 2013]]
*[[Economics Lecture Eleven|Lecture Eleven]] (About 4,000 words)
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*[[Economics Lecture Eleven|Lecture Eleven]] (About 4,900 words)
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**[[Economics Model Answers Eleven - 2013]]
 
**[[Economics Model Answers Eleven|Economics Model Answers Eleven (from 2007)]]
 
**[[Economics Model Answers Eleven|Economics Model Answers Eleven (from 2007)]]
*[[Economics Lecture Twelve|Lecture Twelve]] (About 4,500 words)
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*[[Economics Lecture Twelve|Lecture Twelve]] (About 4,900 words)
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**[[Economics Model Answers Twelve - 2013]]
 
**[[Economics Model Answers Twelve|Economics Model Answers Twelve (from 2007)]]
 
**[[Economics Model Answers Twelve|Economics Model Answers Twelve (from 2007)]]
*[[Economics Lecture Thirteen|Lecture Thirteen]] (About 4,700 words)
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*[[Economics Lecture Thirteen|Lecture Thirteen]] (About 6,100 words)
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**(no model answers - homework is to study for the final exam)
 
**[[Economics Model Answers Thirteen|Economics Model Answers Thirteen (from 2007)]]
 
**[[Economics Model Answers Thirteen|Economics Model Answers Thirteen (from 2007)]]
*[[Economics Lecture Fourteen|Lecture Fourteen]] (About 6,300 words)
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*[[Economics Final Exam]] (from a prior teaching of this course)
*[[Economics Final Exam]]
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*[[Proposed Economics Problems]]
 
*[[Proposed Economics Problems]]
  
 
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[[Category:Economics]]
 
[[Category:Economics]]

Latest revision as of 06:09, September 7, 2015

This is a 14-week course. These lectures are self-explanatory and no textbook is required. This course covers all the material in a standard microeconomics course, including supply and demand, elasticity, comparative advantage, opportunity cost, marginal revenue and marginal cost, utility, government regulation, and even more sophisticated concepts like the Coase Theorem, Giffen goods, and the social loss imposed by a monopoly.

Among over 70 students who have taken this course, 100% of those who took the CLEP exam passed it to qualify for college credit.

Lecturer: Andy Schlafly, B.S.E. (Princeton), J.D. (Harvard Law School), teacher of more than 300 homeschooled teenagers since 2002.
For exams in this topic and other helpful materials, see Conservapedia:Index

This is an improved version of the course taught in 2007. For the benefit of the students, the model answers from 2007 are included below. These will help students who might be struggling with some of the concepts.

Online enrollment or questions can be asked here.