Standard 9: Competition and Market Structure Economics On-Demand PD

Competition among sellers usually lowers costs and prices, and encourages producers to produce what consumers are willing and able to buy.

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Course curriculum

1. Course Entry Survey
2. Let's get it started
1. Content Standard 9: Competition and Market Structure
2. Benchmarks
1. Competition Slides
2. Question: Non-price competition
3. Article: "U.S Sues to Halt Sugar Merger, Says it Would Harm Competition"
4. Video: How Uber Destroyed the NYC Cab Market
5. Article: Baby Formula Shortage
6. Poll: Sugar Merger
7. Question: Baby Formula Shortage
8. Video: Toys Were Us - Now Let's Build Something Better!
9. Podcast: Think Like an Economist
1. Perfect Competition
2. Quiz: Who Grows the Most Potatoes?
3. Do Firms Like Perfect Competition?
1. Monopolistic Competition
2. Video: What is Monopolistic Competition?
3. Activity: Monopolistic Competition
1. Oligopoly
2. U.S Census Bureau: Current Concentration Ratios
3. Quiz: Oligopoly
4. Video: Adam Ruins Everything: The Conspiracy Behind Your Glasses
5. The Illusion of Choice
6. Activity: Brand Game
7. Slides for Brand Game
1. Game Theory: The Prisoners' Dilemma
2. Quiz: Nash Equilibrium
3. Video: Jacob Clifford on Oligopoly and Game Theory
4. Video: Split or Steal?
5. Evolution of Trust
6. Activity: Evolution of Trust
1. Monopoly
2. Article: Competition and Monopoly -- A Refresher
3. Video: Reasons for a Monopoly
4. Poll: Which do you prefer?
5. Activity: Market Structures
6. Video: Market Structures Activity Demonstration
7. Cheers To You!
8. Course Exit Survey - market concentration