How massive is that MOOC, really?
I recently completed the Microeconomics Principles MOOC, offered through Coursera by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Something like 37,000 people initially […]
Category: Econ MOOC
The minimum wage and elasticity of labor demand
Submitted as homework for the Microeconomics Principles MOOC. A couple weeks ago I argued that an increase in minimum wage could decrease […]
Principles of MOOConomics, part II: Elasticity of demand
My first post on MOOConomics generated a lot of discussion in the Microeconomics Principles class forum (it got more page views in […]
Principles of MOOConomics, part I
Submitted for homework to Microeconomics Principles. MOOCs are fast, cheap, and out of control. They’re the future, and they’re now. They’re the […]
“Traditionalism” means that higher hourly wages reduce unemployment (Econ homework)
An alternative argument for why increasing the minimum wage can decrease unemployment. Submitted as homework for an Econ MOOC. Let’s say you […]
Econ homework: A higher minimum wage increases social surplus
The homework for the third week of the Econ MOOC I am taking via Coursera was to argue that an increase in […]
Econ homework: All the single ladies
I am taking several intro economics MOOCs online through Coursera. One class, Microeconomics Principles, taught by José Vázquez-Cognet of the University of […]