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A College Economics Guide Supplementary resources for college students Introduction Making something--which is what economists mean when they talk about production...
A High School Economics Guide Supplementary resources for high school students Definitions and Basics Factors of production: land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship, ...
Introduction From "The Power and Pervasiveness of Spontaneous Order," by Elaine Sternberg at Econlib, July 5, 2021. Spontaneous order is crucial for understanding human ins...
Introduction Read, Leonard, I, Pencil. Charming illustration of the workings of the invisible hand to guide the market and coordinate the division of labor in producing even th...
Definitions and Basics Gross Domestic Product (GDP), from the Concise Encyclopedia of Economics Gross domestic product, the official measure of total output of goods and ...