TOPIC 2: What Most Economic Questions Can be Reduced To:

Demand and Supply

Required Readings:

  • Hall & Lieberman, Chapters 3-4
  • The Wall Street Journal (or another national newspaper)

STUDY QUESTIONS FOR TOPIC 2:

  • What factors affect the quantity demanded of some product?
  • What factors affect the quantity supplied of some product?
  • What is the difference between a shift in a demand/supply curve and a movement along a demand/supply curve?
  • What is an equilibrium price?