This interview is part of our “Econ Extra Credit” project, where we read an introductory economics textbook provided by the nonprofit Core-Econ together with our listeners. A traditional introductory ...

For a whole generation, Harvard professor Gregory Mankiw defined the conventional wisdom in economics. He taught the university’s introductory course for 14 years. I read his best-selling textbooks to ...

For many college students, introductory economics is a rite of passage. Some may call it a general education requirement, others may call it a gateway to the corporate world. But there is a common ...

Economics 101 is the name many colleges and universities use for their introductory undergraduate economics course. It’s also shorthand for the ideas at the heart of classical economics as they have ...

Monopoly, Settlers of Catan and blackjack all involve strategy. To win these games, you have to consider how your opponents might play and use that information to inform your own moves. That’s also ...

In his otherwise excellent column “Wealth Is Knowledge” (Inside View, Feb. 7), Andy Kessler makes a common Econ 101 mistake. He says, “You were taught about supply and demand curves and that when ...

At the time of my taking, Fall 1988, Econ 101 at the University of Illinois was held in Foellinger Auditorium, 1000+ students in the lecture with a raft of smaller discussion sections staffed by grad ...