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No Due Date is Econlib's subscription economics book club. Curated by Pete Boettke, you’ll spend a whole year reading with him exploring the best in economics and the social scie...
Definitions and Basics Definition: Market failure, from Investopedia.com: Market failure is the economic situation defined by an inefficient distribution of goods and services ...
Definitions and Basics Most economic arguments for government intervention are based on the idea that the marketplace cannot provide public goods or handle externalities. Publ...
Introduction The Council for Economic Education (CEE) has compiled a list of the 51 key economics concepts common to all U.S. State requirements for high school classes in economi...
Definitions and Basics Elasticity and Its Expansion, by Morgan Rose in Teacher's Corner at Econlib As this semester closed, I asked several colleagues who taught introductory...
An Economics Reading List Coase, Ronald, The Firm, the Market and the Law Eggertsson, Thrain, Economic Behavior and Institutions Hirschmann, Albert, Exit, Voice and Loyalty:...