Introduction to Economics Course
Gain mastery in core economics using local grocery and delivery platforms as a case study. Explore supply and demand dynamics, price elasticity, welfare economics, and policy trade-offs to determine market winners and losers, and understand how business decisions impact consumers in today's retail landscape.

flexible workload of 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This practical course, set in a local grocery and delivery platform context, teaches market basics, supply-demand changes, price elasticity, welfare evaluation, and policy decisions. Develop skills to interpret curve shifts verbally, identify gainers and losers, use basic calculations, and link research to actionable recommendations for retail markets.
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Develop skills
- Apply welfare analysis to quickly assess policy benefits, costs, and market distortions.
- Analyse supply and demand shifts due to platform entry in local grocery markets.
- Calculate and interpret price elasticity to forecast consumer responses to price changes.
- Conduct quick comparative statics to spot winners and losers from market shocks.
- Use real-world platform data to draft concise, well-referenced economic reports.
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