Lectures (Video)
- 1. Introduction to Microeconomics
- 2. Applying Supply and Demand
- 3. Elasticity
- 4. Preferences and Utility
- 5. Budget Constraints
- 6. Deriving Demand Curves
- 7. Applying Consumer Theory: Labor Supply
- 8. Introduction to Producer Theory
- 9. Production Theory
- 10. Competition I
- 11. Competition II
- 12. Competition III
- 13. Welfare Economics
- 14. Monopoly I
- 15. Monopoly II
- 16. Oligopoly I
- 17. Oligopoly II
- 18. Factor Markets
- 19. International Trade
- 20. Welfare Economics
- 21. Capital Supply and Markets I
- 22. Capital Supply and Markets II
- 23. Equity and Efficiency
- 24. Government Redistribution Policy
- 25. U.S. Social Insurance Programs
- 26. Healthcare Economics
Principles of Microeconomics - Lecture 4
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Lecture 4 - Preferences and Utility
Behind every supply and demand curve is an army of producers and consumers making their own decisions. For consumers, their decisions are driven, quite simply, by what they want! All consumers make decisions to maximize their utility. In this lecture, we will learn about utility, how to define it and how we represent it mathematically.
Prof. Jonathan Gruber
14.01 Principles of Microeconomics (Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare) http://ocw.mit.edu Date accessed: 2012-03-01 License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA |
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