Episode Synopsis "Monopolies"

Lecture 17: Covers Chapter 13 of Krugman's Principles of Microeconomics. A look at the structure of firms who operate as a monopoly. A discussion of how market power can allow for long run profit.

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• Markets, Supply and Demand
• S&D Shifters and Willingness to Pay
• Consumer Surplus and Producer Surplus
• Price Floors and Price Ceilings
• Elasticity
• Excise Taxes
• Economic Costs
• Market Externalities
• Market Externalities 2
• Public Goods
• The Welfare State
• Theory of the Firm
• Theory of the Firm 2
• Perfect Competition
• Monopolies