Lectures on Microeconomics

Economic concepts and techniques are presented through a series of “big questions,” with models that show how to pose a question rigorously and work toward an answer.

This book helps readers master economic concepts and techniques by tackling fundamental economic and political questions through a series of models. It is organized around a sequence of “big questions,” among them:

• When do markets help translate individuals’ uncoordinated, selfish actions into outcomes that…