Introductory Economics

MIZOGUCHI, Yoshihiro
  Requisites  2 credits
【Regional Economics・1st semester】
15-1-0785

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Objectives
There are three objectives of this course. The first objective is to learn the principles of economics. The second one is to apply these principles of economics in order to understand current economic topics. The last one is to consider various opinions concerning current economic topics.
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Outline
This course consists of three parts. The first part is the principles of economics. Second part is the introduction of microeconomics, such as trade-offs, incentives, demand, supply, market system, importance of information, and efficiency of market system. The last part is the introduction of macroeconomics, such as business cycle, gross domestic products, rate of inflation, rate of unemployment, finance system, and the role of government and central bank.