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This section covers important terms and concepts you need to understand economics as a social science.

This is a short presentation of the main research methods, as they apply to social science. Methods are presented in the following groups. First, the direct methods, which implicate humans directly, are the Survey, the Experiment, and Field Work. Second, ...

This section discusses the macro institutions such as Parliament, the Central Bank, and their responsibilities in regard to fiscal, and monetary policies.

This section covers macroeconomic aggregate measurements such as GDP, unemployment, and price inflation. Institutions discussed include Parliament, Bank of Canada. Topics include banking, credit unions, money, and cryptocurrency.

This section covers the microeconomic analysis of markets, including an individual transaction approach, a discussion of types of markets, including auctions, as well as a classical Marshallian approach, including a discussion of market power, and monopoly. Us...

This section is about your project. We are going to take this step by step. It will end up being a pretty big project. But trust me. You can do it. Here are a few excerpts from past student projects (with permission): On James McGill, founder of th...