Economics 101

Economics 101

1. Demand and Supply, Consumer Goods, Prices and Exchange

Introducción a la Economía AustriacaTeoría del Capital y el InterésPreciosValor e Intercambio

03/01/2004Mises Media
Micro economics starts with the basic fact that each person has short term and long term goals, like buying a ham sandwich and graduating from college. People act in the world to accomplish something. Human action is purposive. You employ different means to achieve certain goals.
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Economics 101

2. Money and Prices

Dinero y bancosIntroducción a la Economía AustriacaTeoría del Capital y el InterésDinero y BancaPrecios

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Many believe that if governments would just issue greater quantities of money then all problems would be solved. In truth that would create unsurmountable problems by lowering the purchasing power of each money unit. Money is the one good that is not made better by increasing its supply.
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Economics 101

3. Capital, Interest, and Profit

Dinero y bancosIntroducción a la Economía AustriacaTeoría del Capital y el InterésDinero y Banca

03/01/2004Mises Media
Profit is total revenue minus total costs. Ours is not just a profit system, it is a profit and loss system. Losses are a sign that you wasted land, labor, or capital, yet those who make profits are criticized.
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Economics 101

4. Labor

Introducción a la Economía AustriacaTeoría de la Producción

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Minimum wage laws force unemployment up. All of those with few skills looking for an entry position will be denied because they cannot add enough value to the business labor field to be paid minimum wage. Unemployment follows minimum wage hikes. Marginal workers are being denied the labor market.
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Economics 101

5. Labor and Unions

Introducción a la Economía AustriacaMonopolio y CompetenciaTeoría de la Producción

03/01/2004Mises Media
Rothbard covers the principles of demand and supply curves. Prices are at the seat of the whole system. Use the logic of reality. The most mobile labor force is teenagers. Over time, capital equipment per laborer increases. Real wage rates increase. Consumer prices decrease.
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Economics 101

6. Conservation and Property Rights

Sistema legalTeoría PolíticaPropiedad Privada

03/01/2004Mises Media
Free markets shift resources from where they are less valued to where they are most valued, benefiting consumers. When private property and free markets are allowed to operate, a natural conservation of resources occurs. Nothing is a resource unless it is useful to man.
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Economics 101

7. Banking and the Business Cycle

Auges y caídasDinero y bancosIntroducción a la Economía AustriacaCiclos EconómicosDinero y Banca

03/01/2004Mises Media
One of the most difficult things to understand about banking is how money is created out of thin air. Current commercial bank liabilities are immediate. The banks do not have the reserves to redeem all demand notes. Thus, banks are inherently insolvent. But, government has eliminated runs on banks...
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Economics 101

8. Mises in One Lesson

BiografíasHistorial mundialIntroducción a la Economía AustriacaCálculo y ConocimientoFilosofía y Metodología

03/01/2004Mises Media
Austrian economics has nothing to do with the economics of Austria. Austrian Economics (AE) began with Carl Menger in 1871. It is based on an analysis of individual action, not aggregates or groups.
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