UC Davis · ECN 1A · Principles of Microeconomics

Seven chapters, each one interactive

Built on Mateer, Coppock & Nietfeld. Every chapter is a single self-contained page: short reading chunks, live models you can push on, retrieval checkpoints spaced through the material, and a quiz at the end. Nothing to install, works offline, progress saved in your browser.

complete · 14 live models · no sign-in · no tracking · one HTML file per chapter
01 The Five Foundations of Economics Incentives · trade-offs · opportunity cost · marginal thinking · trade creates value 4 models · ready 02Gains from TradeComparative advantage, specialisation, terms of trade2 models · ready 03Production PossibilitiesThe PPC, increasing opportunity cost, growth and efficiency2 models · ready 04Supply and DemandShifts vs movements, equilibrium, shortages and surpluses2 models · ready 05ElasticityPrice, income and cross-price elasticity; the revenue test2 models · ready 06Market OutcomesConsumer and producer surplus, efficiency, price controls2 models · ready 07Tax IncidenceWho really pays, deadweight loss, elasticity and burden2 models · ready
How to use this

Answer each checkpoint before scrolling on, and answer from memory. Looking back up at the text first feels more accurate and teaches you much less — the effort of retrieval is the part that builds the memory.

Come back to a finished chapter two or three days later rather than re-reading it. Spaced retrieval beats massed review by roughly g = 0.74, which is the single largest effect in the learning-science literature and the reason this guide is built the way it is.