2. Preferences and Utility Functions

MIT 14.01 Principles of Microeconomics, Fall 2018
Instructor: Prof. Jonathan Gruber
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This video focuses on the demand curve, derived from how consumers make choices, and the supply curve, which is how firms make production decisions.

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