Companion materials for "Taking an Economic Literacy Approach in Understanding Our Economy"
Halliday, Lopez, Bottorff, Johnson & Papadopoulou · Session E3, CTREE 2026 · Las Vegas
Full presentation for Session E3. Keyboard navigation (→←), speaker notes (n), fullscreen (f), PDF print.
HTML SlidesStep-by-step backward induction for Ch.1 (Bunker moves first) and Ch.2 (Worker as Mayor). Click to reveal each stage.
Interactive HTMLInteractive profit heatmap for CORE Brewing Co. Toggle demand curve, MR & MC, and drag a point along the demand curve to find the profit-maximising price and quantity.
Interactive HTMLAnnika's preferences over ice cream and burritos. Toggle budget constraint, indifference curves, and drag a point along the constraint to find the optimal bundle.
Interactive HTMLLabor market flows animated: recruitment, layoffs, exits, new firms, and new entrants. Includes an AI-powered student Q&A bar — ask a question and watch the relevant scenario play out.
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Sign-up FormFirm profit heatmap: pure profit landscape for CORE Brewing Co.
SVGProfit heatmap with demand curve overlaid, showing feasible price-quantity combinations.
SVGHeatmap with labeled points J, K, L, M, H for classroom navigation exercise.
SVGProfit-maximizing point H with MR and MC curves: the heatmap approach to MR = MC.
SVGSequential game from Chapter 1: Bunker moves first, Worker responds.
SVGSame game with roles reversed: Worker as Mayor moves first.
SVGLabor market as a matching process — an alternative to supply-and-demand.
SVGPager (2003) callback rates by race — discrimination in the labor market.
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