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Principles of Microeconomics: 1,194 Free Flashcards

A complete principles of microeconomics course, built from the 20 chapters of OpenStax Principles of Microeconomics 3e plus its appendix on graphs. It starts with scarcity, opportunity cost and the production possibilities frontier, then builds the supply and demand model, price controls, consumer and producer surplus, and elasticity. The middle of the course covers consumer choice, production and cost curves, and the four market structures: perfect competition, monopoly, monopolistic competition and oligopoly, with antitrust policy. The last units apply the tools to externalities and the environment, public goods, labor markets, poverty and inequality, information and insurance, financial markets, public choice, and international trade. Every calculation (midpoint elasticity, cost tables, MR = MC, surplus, comparative advantage, concentration ratios) is a typed card whose answer was recomputed by script. Cards are text only: every graph is described as a scenario, and dated figures carry their year.

1,194cards
20units
77chapters
22sources cited

What's inside

Unit 1 Welcome to Economics

5 chapters · 58 cards

Unit 2 Choice in a World of Scarcity

3 chapters · 76 cards

Unit 3 Demand and Supply

5 chapters · 114 cards

Unit 4 Labor and Financial Markets

3 chapters · 60 cards

Unit 5 Elasticity

4 chapters · 75 cards

Unit 6 Consumer Choices

3 chapters · 60 cards

Unit 7 Production, Costs and Industry Structure

5 chapters · 113 cards

Unit 8 Perfect Competition

4 chapters · 74 cards

Unit 9 Monopoly

2 chapters · 59 cards

Unit 10 Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly

2 chapters · 56 cards

Unit 11 Monopoly and Antitrust Policy

4 chapters · 40 cards

Unit 12 Negative Externalities and the Environment

6 chapters · 58 cards

Unit 13 Positive Externalities and Public Goods

3 chapters · 40 cards

Unit 14 Labor Markets and Income

6 chapters · 59 cards

Unit 15 Poverty and Economic Inequality

5 chapters · 39 cards

Unit 16 Information, Risk and Insurance

2 chapters · 39 cards

Unit 17 Financial Markets

3 chapters · 38 cards

Unit 18 The Public Economy

3 chapters · 38 cards

Unit 19 International Trade

4 chapters · 59 cards

Unit 20 Globalization and Protectionism

5 chapters · 39 cards

Try a few real cards

Copied straight from the course. In the app, each wrong option also gets its own explanation.

Card 1A firm raises its price from $4 to $5, and quantity sold falls from 1,000 to 900. What happens to its total revenue? Give the change to the nearest dollar.

  1. It rises by $900
  2. It rises by $1,000
  3. It rises by $500
  4. It falls by $400
Show answer

It rises by $500. TR goes from $4 x 1,000 = $4,000 to $5 x 900 = $4,500, a rise of $500. Demand is inelastic here (about 0.47).

Card 2At a firm's current output, marginal revenue is $10 and marginal cost is $7. What change would raise its profit?

  1. Cut output a little
  2. Raise its selling price
  3. Increase its output
  4. Shut down right away
Show answer

Increase its output. When MR > MC, each extra unit adds more to revenue than to cost, so expanding output raises profit until MR = MC.

Card 3A good is nonexcludable but rival. How do economists classify it?

  1. A public good
  2. A private good
  3. A positive externality
  4. A common resource
Show answer

A common resource. Ocean fish are an example: no one can easily be stopped from fishing, but each fish caught is one fewer for others.

Questions

Is the Principles of Microeconomics course really free?

Yes. Create a free Encodr account and all 20 units and 1,194 cards are yours to study, with spaced repetition scheduling your reviews.

Which textbook is it based on?

OpenStax Principles of Microeconomics 3e (all 20 chapters and the graphs appendix, CC BY-NC-SA) plus standard introductory definitions. The cards are rewritten, not copied.

What does the course cover?

Scarcity and choice, supply and demand, labor and financial markets, elasticity, consumer choice, production and costs, perfect competition, monopoly, monopolistic competition and oligopoly, antitrust, externalities, public goods, labor markets, poverty and inequality, information and insurance, financial markets, public choice, and international trade.

Does it include the math?

Yes. Midpoint elasticity, total revenue, cost tables, MR = MC, profit, surplus, comparative advantage and concentration ratios are typed practice cards, and every answer was recomputed by script.

Does it include graphs?

No. Cards are text only, so every supply and demand, cost-curve and market-structure graph is described as a scenario in words, and the graph rules are stated in each chapter's notes card.

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