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PlayEcon turns intro economics into things you can play with. Every game pairs with a short explainer, so you can read the idea first or play first and read afterwards.
Microeconomics games
Supply and demand game
Drag the demand and supply curves, fire scenarios and watch equilibrium price and quantity move.
Market lab
Double shifts, price ceilings and floors, the total revenue test and cross elasticity.
Market whodunits
Case files where you read the evidence and name which curve moved.
Cost & choice lab
Marginal cost, marginal revenue and the profit-maximizing quantity.
Structure lab
Perfect competition, monopolistic competition and regulating a monopoly.
Thinking lab
Scarcity, production possibilities and comparative advantage, hands on.
Macroeconomics games
Economy simulator
Run the central bank and the treasury, and try to keep inflation and unemployment in check.
GDP lab
Build gross domestic product from consumption, investment, government spending and net exports.
Inflation lab
See how money, demand and expectations push the price level up.
Multiplier lab
Shift or tilt the consumption function and watch the multiplier at work.
Money lab
Pick the right central bank tool, clear the money market and run the deposit multiplier.
Policy lab
Set the rate with the Taylor rule, follow the transmission chain and watch the exchange rate.
Practice and review
When you want quick repetition, PlayEcon also has short quizzes, a term match-up game and study notes covering the same topics. They live inside the app alongside the labs.
Who these are for
The games are built for intro micro and macro students, self-learners brushing up before an exam, and instructors who want something students can poke at. Everything runs in the browser and is free to use.
Pick a game and play
Open the app to drag curves, run an economy and solve case files.
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