1st Principles

Subject

Economics

Scarcity, incentives, and trade-offs in markets and policy.

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Topics

Foundations

Orientation and shared vocabulary for this subject.

In practice

How practitioners apply core ideas in real settings.

Application

Constraints in real jobs in Economics

Constraints in real jobs as it applies to Economics.

Cost and benefit in Economics

Cost and benefit as it applies to Economics.

Failure modes in Economics

Failure modes as it applies to Economics.

Implementation steps in Economics

Implementation steps as it applies to Economics.

Maintenance over time in Economics

Maintenance over time as it applies to Economics.

Problem framing in Economics

Problem framing as it applies to Economics.

Risk in Economics

Risk as it applies to Economics.

Scaling up in Economics

Scaling up as it applies to Economics.

Stakeholders in Economics

Stakeholders as it applies to Economics.

Trade-offs in Economics

Trade-offs as it applies to Economics.

Communication

Cross-disciplinary talk in Economics

Cross-disciplinary talk as it applies to Economics.

Explaining to beginners in Economics

Explaining to beginners as it applies to Economics.

Media coverage in Economics

Media coverage as it applies to Economics.

Open questions in Economics

Open questions as it applies to Economics.

Policy briefs in Economics

Policy briefs as it applies to Economics.

Presentations in Economics

Presentations as it applies to Economics.

Public controversy in Economics

Public controversy as it applies to Economics.

Teaching others in Economics

Teaching others as it applies to Economics.

Visuals that teach in Economics

Visuals that teach as it applies to Economics.

Writing clear summaries in Economics

Writing clear summaries as it applies to Economics.

Comparison

Analogies from other fields in Economics

Analogies from other fields as it applies to Economics.

Common confusions in Economics

Common confusions as it applies to Economics.

Competing models in Economics

Competing models as it applies to Economics.

Consensus areas in Economics

Consensus areas as it applies to Economics.

Debates that matter in Economics

Debates that matter as it applies to Economics.

Historical shifts in Economics

Historical shifts as it applies to Economics.

Interdisciplinary links in Economics

Interdisciplinary links as it applies to Economics.

Regional differences in Economics

Regional differences as it applies to Economics.

Schools of thought in Economics

Schools of thought as it applies to Economics.

Translation of terms in Economics

Translation of terms as it applies to Economics.

Context

Climate and environment in Economics

Climate and environment as it applies to Economics.

Demographics in Economics

Demographics as it applies to Economics.

Equity and access in Economics

Equity and access as it applies to Economics.

Funding in Economics

Funding as it applies to Economics.

Future scenarios in Economics

Future scenarios as it applies to Economics.

Global trends in Economics

Global trends as it applies to Economics.

Institutions in Economics

Institutions as it applies to Economics.

Regulation in Economics

Regulation as it applies to Economics.

Social impact in Economics

Social impact as it applies to Economics.

Technology change in Economics

Technology change as it applies to Economics.

Core ideas

Abstraction levels in Economics

Abstraction levels as it applies to Economics.

Cause and correlation in Economics

Cause and correlation as it applies to Economics.

Central definitions in Economics

Central definitions as it applies to Economics.

Equilibrium and change in Economics

Equilibrium and change as it applies to Economics.

Feedback loops in Economics

Feedback loops as it applies to Economics.

Laws, rules, or patterns in Economics

Laws, rules, or patterns as it applies to Economics.

Models and diagrams in Economics

Models and diagrams as it applies to Economics.

Scale: micro to macro in Economics

Scale: micro to macro as it applies to Economics.

Systems and parts in Economics

Systems and parts as it applies to Economics.

Units and measurement in Economics

Units and measurement as it applies to Economics.

Deep dives

Advanced preview in Economics

Advanced preview as it applies to Economics.

Capstone directions in Economics

Capstone directions as it applies to Economics.

Classic papers or texts in Economics

Classic papers or texts as it applies to Economics.

Edge cases in Economics

Edge cases as it applies to Economics.

Landmark discoveries in Economics

Landmark discoveries as it applies to Economics.

Minority reports in Economics

Minority reports as it applies to Economics.

Open research fronts in Economics

Open research fronts as it applies to Economics.

Paradigm shifts in Economics

Paradigm shifts as it applies to Economics.

Synthesis projects in Economics

Synthesis projects as it applies to Economics.

Where to go next in Economics

Where to go next as it applies to Economics.

Evidence

Anomalies in Economics

Anomalies as it applies to Economics.

Bias and blind spots in Economics

Bias and blind spots as it applies to Economics.

Case studies in Economics

Case studies as it applies to Economics.

Conflicting studies in Economics

Conflicting studies as it applies to Economics.

Data tables and charts in Economics

Data tables and charts as it applies to Economics.

Primary sources in Economics

Primary sources as it applies to Economics.

Secondary summaries in Economics

Secondary summaries as it applies to Economics.

Strong versus weak claims in Economics

Strong versus weak claims as it applies to Economics.

Triangulation in Economics

Triangulation as it applies to Economics.

Uncertainty language in Economics

Uncertainty language as it applies to Economics.

Methods

Documentation in Economics

Documentation as it applies to Economics.

Estimation and error in Economics

Estimation and error as it applies to Economics.

Ethics in method in Economics

Ethics in method as it applies to Economics.

Experiments and controls in Economics

Experiments and controls as it applies to Economics.

Observation protocols in Economics

Observation protocols as it applies to Economics.

Peer review in Economics

Peer review as it applies to Economics.

Replication in Economics

Replication as it applies to Economics.

Reproducible workflows in Economics

Reproducible workflows as it applies to Economics.

Simulation and models in Economics

Simulation and models as it applies to Economics.

Surveys and samples in Economics

Surveys and samples as it applies to Economics.

Orientation

Careers and roles in Economics

Careers and roles as it applies to Economics.

Everyday examples in Economics

Everyday examples as it applies to Economics.

History in one glance in Economics

History in one glance as it applies to Economics.

How claims get checked in Economics

How claims get checked as it applies to Economics.

Jargon worth learning first in Economics

Jargon worth learning first as it applies to Economics.

Objects you study in Economics

Objects you study as it applies to Economics.

Reading habits that stick in Economics

Reading habits that stick as it applies to Economics.

Tools practitioners use in Economics

Tools practitioners use as it applies to Economics.

What questions the field asks in Economics

What questions the field asks as it applies to Economics.

What the field is not in Economics

What the field is not as it applies to Economics.

Skills

Checklists in Economics

Checklists as it applies to Economics.

Collaboration norms in Economics

Collaboration norms as it applies to Economics.

Debugging mistakes in Economics

Debugging mistakes as it applies to Economics.

Hands-on practice in Economics

Hands-on practice as it applies to Economics.

Mentorship in Economics

Mentorship as it applies to Economics.

Pattern recognition in Economics

Pattern recognition as it applies to Economics.

Portfolio pieces in Economics

Portfolio pieces as it applies to Economics.

Self-assessment in Economics

Self-assessment as it applies to Economics.

Speed versus accuracy in Economics

Speed versus accuracy as it applies to Economics.

Tooling basics in Economics

Tooling basics as it applies to Economics.