(Oxford) Diploma: Microeconomics and Business (ACCREDITED)

Descripción

What are you most looking for in a course about Business and (Micro) Economics? 1. Economics ! (Of course!) 2. Especially microeconomics ! (Obviously...) 3. Regularly updated lectures on Business and Microeconomics 4. Many examples of Microeconomics etc. 5. Active participation in Q/A discussing topics in the course 6. Case Studies 7. High level of Instructor involvement (preferably from an Instructor who has taught Microeconomics and Business at different levels, in real life and for many years!) 8. Regular Educational Announcements 9. Variety in lectures 10. Application of Microeconomics principles 11. Suggestions/links to further reading/watching 12. On completion of the course, free access to any one other course (not necessarily in Microeconomics either!) This course in Microeconomics and Business has all of the above. Update: • Trade balance (goods vs services) • Current account vs bilateral deficit narratives • Gains from trade and interdependence • Tariffs: incidence, pass-through, deadweight loss • Retaliation and trade war dynamics • Elasticity of demand/supply; substitution effects • Trade diversion and third-country substitution • Exchange rates and competitiveness • Inflation transmission from trade policy • Policy uncertainty and investment effects • Climate externalities and market failure • Physical climate risk vs transition risk • Climate risk pricing and risk premia • Cost of capital and sovereign borrowing spreads • Insurance market withdrawal / uninsurability • Risk pooling limits and correlated shocks • Regulation/standards as risk reduction • Adaptation investment and resilience finance • Energy market design (energy-only vs capacity) • Reliability as a system constraint • Capacity adequacy and reserve margins • Dispatchable generation and flexibility • Grid transmission/distribution bottlenecks • Storage economics and demand response • Peak demand, load growth, load duration curves • Option value of reliability resources • AI/data-centre electricity demand as a driver • General-purpose technologies (GPTs) and diffusion • Complementary investments (skills, data, processes) • Adoption S-curves and productivity lags • Measurement/realization of productivity gains • Capital deepening vs TFP growth • Automation vs augmentation (substitutes vs complements) • Skill-biased technological change • Job polarization and entry-level displacement • Bargaining power (labour vs capital) • Labour share vs capital share of income • Competition policy and rent concentration • “Jobless growth” • Social legitimacy (“social permission”) of technology • Welfare states, safety nets, and adjustment costs • Education and reskilling policy • Economic statecraft and coercive diplomacy • Credible threats, deterrence, commitment problems • Signalling, reputation, and strategic interaction • Sanctions/retaliation risk and market reactions • Structured finance and contract design • Sukuk structures and asset-backing • Risk allocation and cash-flow waterfalls • Information asymmetry, certification, and standards • Liquidity, investor base diversification • Agglomeration economies and clusters • FDI attraction and place-based industrial policy • Spillovers (knowledge, suppliers, networks) • Human capital pipelines and skill ecosystems • Infrastructure as a complement to investment • Institutions and political legitimacy • Collective action and protest dynamics • State capacity and enforcement costs • Credibility of reform and path dependence • Political economy of ideology vs material incentives Now including a brand new collection of Case Studies that examine the economic policies of President Trump following his election on November 6th 2024. These look in particular at: • Tariffs • China’s growth • World Economy • Tax cuts • Exporters • Impact on seniors • Exchange rate BEFORE YOU ENROL: 1. Watch the Preview video on Microeconomics 2. Watch the sample lectures on Business and Microeconomics 3. Thoroughly read this course description 4. Be fully aware that participation is encouraged - that means there are Microeconomics manuals (several) numerous discussions (Q/A sections) and regular Education Announcements 5. To achieve the Oxford Diploma (Microeconomics and Business) requires quite a lot of work. To acquire the Completion Certificate you can just watch. You can choose to do either, neither or both. Questions are responded to quickly. 6. Remember too that this course includes an OPTIONAL course in Business Economics English. MOTIVATION I make courses on Udemy primarily because I enjoy the process of causing learning. Many of my courses are to improve lives. One of the Economics courses is to raise money for charity. (100% of revenue goes to the charity) Fundamentally this course is about helping you. About the course This is a course covering the key areas in micro economics at a beginners/intermediate level. It is the principles of economics that are emphasised, repeated and supported with notes. Very clearly explained and reinforced with notes and revision lectures. This course is IDEAL for the beginner who wants to advance quickly. Topics covered: • Market failure • Taxation • Subsidies • Demand • Supply • Price elasticity of demand • Price elasticity of supply • Elasticity and how to interpret it • Elasticity - calculations • Elasticity - shape of curves • Elasticity - tax/subsidy incidence • Ceteris paribus • Consumer surplus • Producer surplus • Microeconomics of football This course is ideal for the BEGINNER who wishes to progress as well as someone with experience in studying Economics as the topics are pitched at several levels. Why learn from me? • 5 years experience as a Buyer for a multinational car company • Owner of two companies in the Education sector • Trainer of Economics and Business teachers • 30 years experience in teaching/lecturing Economics in Oxford (UK) and worldwide • Highly responsive to questions asked relating to lectures • Constantly improving and developing courses at Udemy REGULAR ANNOUNCEMENTS MAKE SURE THIS COURSE IS ALWAYS UP TO DATE.

Lo que aprenderás

• Microeconomics - key concepts
• Microeconomics applied through Case Studies
• Key Business concepts
• Apply ceteris paribus

Requisitos

• It would be helpful if you had a pen and paper to practice the diagrams
• You should be able to use a PC at beginner level
• There is a lot of repetition in this basic course as these are key principles of Economics