INDUSTRIAL AND
ECONOMIC
REVOULTIONS
1820 –
90 How much should I
produce, given the
competition?
Effects of limited competition
92 Phone calls cost
more without
competition
Monopolies
98 Crowds breed collective
insanity
Economic bubbles
100 Let the ruling classes
tremble at a communist
revolution
Marxist economics
106 The value of a product
comes from the effort
needed to make it
The labor theory of value
108 Prices come from supply
and demand
Supply and demand
114 You enjoy the last
chocolate less than
the first
Utility and satisfaction
116 When the price goes up,
some people buy more
Spending paradoxes
118 A system of free markets
is stable
Economic equilibrium
124 If you get a pay raise,
buy caviar not bread
Elasticity of demand
126 Companies are price
takers not price makers
The competitive market130 Make one person better off
without hurting the others
Efficiency and fairness132 The bigger the factory,
the lower the cost
Economies of scale133 The cost of going to the
movies is the fun you’d
have had at an ice rink
Opportunity cost134 Workers must improve
their lot together
Collective bargaining136 People consume to
be noticed
Conspicuous consumption137 Make the polluter pay
External costs138 Protestantism has made
us rich
Religion and the economy140 The poor are unlucky,
not bad The poverty problem142 Socialism is the abolition
of rational economy
Central planning148 Capitalism destroys the
old and creates the new
Creative destructionWAR AND
DEPRESSIONS
1929 –154 Unemployment is not
a choice Depressions and
unemployment162 Some people love risk,
others avoid it
Risk and uncertainty164 Government spending
boosts the economy by
more than what is spent
The Keynesian multiplier166 Economies are embedded
in culture
Economics and tradition168 Managers go for perks,
not their company’s profits
Corporate governance170 The economy is a
predictable machine
Testing economic theories171 Economics is the science
of scarce resources
Definitions of economics172 We wish to preserve
a free society
Economic liberalism178 Industrialization creates
sustained growth
The emergence of modern
economies180 Different prices to different
people Price discrimination