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    Week 1 Welcome to Economics & NB Information / Ch 1: What economics is about / Welkom by Ekonomie & NB inligting & Hfst 1: Wat is ekonomie?
    Welcome to economics! / Welkom by ekonomie!
    Chapter 1: What economics is about / Wat is ekonomie?
    Quiz for topic 1
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    Quiz for topic 5 PPF
    Week 2 (Ch 1...): What economics is about cont... / Wat is ekonomie vervolg ...
    Chapter 1 What economics is about (cont...) Wat is ekonomie vervolg ...
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    Quiz for topic 8
    Assignment for Chapter 1
    Week 3 (Ch 2 & 3): Economic systems & Production, income & spending in the mixed economy / Ekonomiese stelsels & Produksie, inkomste en besteding in die gemengde ekonomie
    Chapter 2: Economic systems & Chapter 3: Production, income and spending in the mixed economy / Ekonomiese stelsels & Produksie, inkomste en besteding in die gemengde ekonomie
    Week 4 (Ch 4): Demand, supply and prices / Vraag, aanbod en pryse
    Chapter 4: Demand, supply and prices / Vraag, aanbod en pryse
    Week 5 (Ch 4 ...): Demand, Supply and prices (continue) / Vraag, aanbod en pryse (vervolg)
    Chapter 4: Demand, supply and prices (cont...) / Vraag, aanbod en pryse (vervolg) ...
    Assignment for Chapter 4
    Week 6 (Ch 5): Demand and Supply in action / Vraag en aanbod in aksie
    Chapter 5: Demand and supply in action / Vraag en aanbod in aksie
    Assignment for Chapter 5
    Week 7 (Ch 6): Elasticity / Elastisiteit
    Chapter 6: Elasticity / Elastisiteit
    Assignment for Chapter 6: Elasticity / Elastisiteit
    Week 8 (Ch 7 & 8): The theory of Demand: The Utility & Indifference approach / Die teorie van vraag: die Nuts- en Onsydigheidsbenadering
    Chapter 7 & 8: The Utility and Indifference approach / Die Nuts - en Onsydigheidsbenadering
    Assignment for Chapter 7 & 8
    Week 9 (Ch 9): The theory of Production / Die produksie teorie
    Chapter 9: The theory of production / Die produksieteorie
    Assignment for Chapter 9
    Week 10 (Ch 10): Perfect competition / Volmaakte mededinging
    Chapter 10: Market structure 1: Overview and perfect competition / Markstruktuur 1: Oorsig en volmaakte mededinging
    Assignment for Chapter 10
    Week 11 (Ch 11): Imperfect competition / Onvolmaakte mededinging
    Chapter 11: Market structure 2: Imperfect competition / Markstruktuur 2: Onvolmaakte mededinging
    Week 12 (Ch 11...): Oligopoly (Part 1) / Oligopolie (Deel 1)
    Chapter 11 Oligopoly (Part 1) / Oligopolie (Deel 1)
    Week 13 (Ch 11): Oligopoly (Part 2) / Oligopolie (Deel 2)
    Chapter 11 Oligopoly (Part 2) / Oligopolie (Deel 2)
    Chapter 11 Assignment
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    (1) Scarcity: the basic economic problem
    Prisoner's Dilemma
    Introduction to game theory
    (8) Profit maximization continues
    (7) Profit maximization
    (6) The tragedy of the commons
    (5) Public goods
    (4) Private solutions to externality problems
    (3) Positive and negative externalities
    (2) Introduction to externalities
    (1) Introduction to competitive firms
    (6) Constant costs
    (5) Economies of scale
    (4) Marginal, Average and Total cost curves
    (3) Law of diminishing returns
    (2) The marginal product of labour
    (1) Division of labour
    (4) Constrained optimization
    (3) Indifference curves continues
    (2) Budget constraints
    (1) Indifference curves
    The theory of demand: the utility approach
    (8) Elasticity of supply
    (7) Cross elasticity of demand
    (6) Income elasticity of demand
    (5) Elasticity of demand Apartments for hire
    (4) Calculating the elasticity of demand
    (3) Price elasticity of demand (part 2)
    (2) Price elasticity of demand (part 1)
    (1) Elasticity of demand
    (5) The great economic problem and how markets link
    (4) Why do governments enact price controls
    (3) Price ceilings The US economy flaunders
    (2) Price floors - The minimum wage
    (1) Supply and demand practice
    (9) Consumer and producer surplus
    (8) Exploring equilibrium
    (7) The equilibrium price and quantity
    (6) The supply curve shifts
    (5) A deeper look at the supply curve
    (4) The supply curve
    (3) A deeper look at the demand curve
    (2) The demand curve shifts
    The demand curve
    (1) A price is a signal wrapped up in an incentive
    (1) The circular flow model of a mixed economy
    (2) Markets link the world
    (1) I rose
    (7) Positive and normative statements
    (6) Opportunity cost and PPF
    (5) Opportunity cost
    (4) The trade-off between fun and wages
    (3) Opportunity cost
    (2) Introduction to economic incentives
    (9) Price elasticity of supply continues
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