The Economic Way of Thinking课程：前往报名学习
Economics is a way to observe the real world. In this MOOC course, Prof. YU Weihua and his colleagues will guide students to look at the world from the economic perspective with vivid and humorous language and real economic stories. In ten or twenty years’ time, students may forget the specific knowledge they are given today, but they will retain the way of thinking they are trained in.
开设学校：西安交通大学；学科：经济学、
Economics is a way to observe the real world. In this MOOC course, Prof. YU Weihua and his colleagues will guide students to look at the world from the economic perspective with vivid and humorous language and real economic stories. In ten or twenty years’ time, students may forget the specific knowledge they are given today, but they will retain the way of thinking they are trained in.
-1.1 Is economics useful？
-1.2 What is economics?
-1.3 Hypothesis of Rational Man
--1.3 Hypothesis of Rational Man
-1.4 Hypothesis of Rational Man: examples
--1.4 Hypothesis of Rational Man: examples
-1.5 Self-interest Hypothesis
--1.5 Self-interest Hypothesis
-1.6 Self interest and Theory of Evolution
--1.6 Self interest and Theory of Evolution
-1.7 Self interest and social progress
--1.7 Self interest and social progress
-1.8 Further considerations about basic hypotheses
--1.8Further considerations about basic hypotheses
-Chapter 1 test
-2.1 Cost (1)
--Cost (1)
-2.2 Cost (2)
-2.3 Rational people think at the margin
--2.3 Rational people think at the margin
-2.4 Incentives and responses
--2.4 Incentives and responses
-2.5 Division of labor and trade
--2.5 Division of labor and trade
-2.6 Problems with the centralized planned economy
--2.6 Problems with the centralized planned economy
-2.7 Why do we still need the government?
--2.7 Why do we still need the government?
-2.8 Market or government?
-Chapter 2 test
--Chapter 2 test
-3.1 Demand
-3.2 Supply
-3.3 Equilibrium and the law of supply and demand
--3.3 Equilibrium and the law of supply and demand
-3.4 Arbitrage
-3.5 Price being the cost
-3.6 Price being a relative Price
--3.6 Price being a relative Price
-3.7 There is no counter-example of the law of demand
--3.7 There is no counter-example of the law of demand
-3.8 Application of the law of demand
--3.8 Application of the law of demand
-Chapter 3 test
--Chapter 3 test
-4.1 Consumer surplus and producer surplus
--4.1 Consumer surplus and producer surplus
-4.2 The Pareto criterion
-4.3 Demand elasticity I
-4.4 Demand elasticity II
-4.5 Supply elasticity
-4.6 Other types of elasticity
--4.6 Other types of elasticity
-Chapter 4 test
--Chapter 4 test
-5.1 Taxation (1)
-5.2 Taxation (2)
-5.3 Subsidy
-5.4 Elasticity and arbitrage
--5.4 Elasticity and arbitrage
-Chapter 5 test
--Chapter 5 test
-6.1 Price ceiling (1)
-6.2 Price ceiling (2)
-6.3 Price floor
-6.4 Quantity regulation
-6.5 Regulation and market equilibrium
--6.5 Regulation and market equilibrium
-6.6 What does the market price decide?
--6.6 What does the market price decide?
-Chapter 6 test
--Chapter 6 test
-7.1 Enterprises: organizational structure and goals
--7.1 Enterprises: organizational structure and goals
-7.2 The nature of enterprises
--7.2 The nature of enterprises
-7.3 Refined calculation of transaction costs
--7.3 Refined calculation of transaction costs
-7.4 Scale and boundary of enterprises
--7.4 Scale and boundary of enterprises
-7.5 Separation of ownership and control
--7.5 Separation of ownership and control
-7.6 Who owns the enterprise?
--7.6 Who owns the enterprise?
-7.7 Functions of entrepreneurs
--7.7 Functions of entrepreneurs
-7.8 Entrepreneurship and profits
--7.8 Entrepreneurship and profits
-7.9 Entrepreneurship and market process
--7.9 Entrepreneurship and market process
-7.10 Functions of profits and losses
--7.10 Functions of profits and losses
-7.11 Rise and fall of enterprises
--7.11 Rise and fall of enterprises
-7.12 Several issues about enterprise production
--7.12 Several issues about enterprise production
-Chapter 7 test
--Chapter 7 test
-8.1 Perfectly competitive market
--8.1 Perfectly competitive market
-8.2 Monopoly
-8.3 Oligopoly
-8.4 Monopolistic competition
--8.4 Monopolistic competition
-8.5 Overview on pricing strategies
--8.5 Overview on pricing strategies
-8.6 The first-degree price discrimination
--8.6 The first-degree price discrimination
-8.7 The second-degree price discrimination
--8.7 The second-degree price discrimination
-8.8 The third-degree price discrimination
--8.8 The third-degree price discrimination
-8.9 Non-monetary costs and three degrees of price discrimination
--8.9 Non-monetary costs and three degrees of price discrimination
-8.10 How to segment the market?
-8.11 Bundling sale
-Chapter 8 test
--test 8
-9.1 Definition of public goods
-9.2 Optimal provision of public goods
--Optimal provision of public goods
-9.3 Private provision of public goods
--Private provision of public goods
-9.4 Definition of the externality
--Definition of the externality
-9.5 Externalities and resource allocation inefficiency
--Externalities and resource allocation inefficiency
-9.6 Private solutions to externalities
--Private solutions to externalities
-9.7 Public policies toward externalities (1)
--Public policies toward externalities (1)
-9.8 Public policies toward externalities (2)
--Public policies toward externalities (2)
-Chapter 9 test
--Chapter 9 test
-10.2 Asymmetric Information (1)
-10.3 Asymmetric Information (2)
--10.3 Asymmetric Information (2)
-10.4 Asymmetric Information (3)
--10.4 Asymmetric Information (3)
-10.5 Asymmetric Information (4)
--10.5 Asymmetric Information (4)
-10.6 Principal-agent theory (1)
--10.6 Principal-agent theory (1)
-10.7 Principal-agent theory (2)
--10.7 Principal-agent theory (2)
-Chapter 10 test
--Chapter 10 test
-10.1 Overview of information
--10.1 Overview of information
-final examination
俞炜华，西安交通大学金禾经济研究中心副教授，西安交通大学后备教学名师（C类），西安交通大学等学校EMBA和MBA《管理经济学》主讲教师。曾主持国家社科基金一项，参与多项国家和省部级社科类项目，作为主持人，获校级教学成果奖1项，省级教学成果奖1项，校级教学竞赛一等奖1项，发表学术论文10余篇。主讲课程《经济学思维方式》获得2019年国家精品在线开放课程、西安交通大学通识核心标杆课程等荣誉称号。关注现代经济学的教学和普及工作，主持个人公众号“鱼眼看经济”，出版教材《社会问题经济学》、《经济学的思维方式》和《经济学导论》。出版经济散文集《婚恋与选择》和《婚恋经济学》。现在的研究集中于价格歧视和定价；气候变迁与中国历史发展；国家治理能力与中国古代王朝兴衰。