Thank you so much for these videos ! I spent days trying to understand this topic and you taught it in a few minutes. i even told my lecturer about your videos and advised that everyone should check you out !
I know someone's already asked a similar question but at 7:21 when you're deriving the utility with respect to x, where does the 2nd 'dx' come from? (the part where it says (dU/dx)dx) In your reply you said that the extra dx shows that you're taking the partial derivative of U with respect to x, but isn't that already shown by the the dx that's in the denominator of dU/dx? In other words, if dU/dx is read as 'the derivative of U with respect to x', why would you then need the 2nd dx to show that you're taking the derivative with respect to x? Just confused as when doing calculus we've only ever put dx like that when we're doing integrals Hope my question makes sense + thanks for the video, it's really useful - this is only part I don't really get
Wait, why is MRS = dy/dx at the beginning, then MRS= -dy/dx at the end? why are they not consistent? isn't MRS the slope of the indifference curve (always negative), then at the end, if MRS = -dy/dx, it always receives positive values? So which one is that, positive or negative?
As an engineering student, I hate hate hate my intro to macro/micro economics textbook! The author is so scared to use math that he gives longwinded, roundabout explanations about everything, when he could just show some basic calculus. It'd be a heck of a lot more interesting too! :( Thank you for these vids. :D
Great video! it was really helpful to me! thanks so much. I was sitting in class today and I did not understand what my prof was talking about.. all those indifference curves and MRS calculation. you are a life saver ! :) thanks!
At 2:40 to know the MRS he calculate delta y and delta x, but why did he do (60-40) / (20-30) ? In France, to calculate the "change in" we do Final value - Start value, so (40-60) / (30-20), why did he do the inverse?
Because he is going from point A to point B. At point A the value is 60 for Y and 20 for X. He wants to visualize the movement from the graph. If he did it your way with the graph, it would not make sense.
thanks for the video i have been lost in my intermediate micro class for weeks... you just cleared everything up in ten minutes wow you should come lecture at my university !!
Good question. dx and dy is notation. It reads as "I took the partial derivative of U(x,y) with respect to good x (or dx). So the dx tells you I am taking the derivate with respect to x. The function is U(x,y) and I probably should a video with an equation.
Thanks again! I would encourage you to like MyBookSucks on Facebook (see the link in the description of the video). This will help other students find MyBookSucks and help ease their pain in economics. Again, thanks for the positive feedback you have given. It means a lot to me to hear from students.
an individual's marginal utility for commodities are given by the following relation MUx= 40-5x and MUx= 20-3y. what is his marginal rate of substiturion in th3 consumption at the consumption basket X= 3, Y=5? if Px= $5 and Py= $1. Does the basket represent consumption equilibrium? Please solve this sir.
sorry, where is the channel economicsfun, and also what links were you referring to in this video? I can't find any other link apart from mybooksuck, and whenever I visit this website there is nothing at all...
@plumstreetmusic Wayne State is a great school. If you think of anything else your students need to review let me know I am always looking for ideas. I did enjoy your deriving demand from consumer budget video. And I did repost as a video response to my video (see below).
Since UA-cam limits the number of characters, that is really hard to read! You could go to MyBookSucks facebook page and send a message (with the formula in a word document). You can see the link in the video description.
Sorry for the delayed response... This video is part of a playlist and if you go to the channel economicsfun you should see the playlist on Consumer Theory. See link in this videos description.
Hello sir! Thank you for your video, i hope you will be able to answer this question since its an old video :/ its a simple and stupid question but when do i calculate MRS using the first method and when do i do it using calculus? Thank you!
Hi thanks for this useful video..I just have one question. If utility doesn't change along an indifference curve, towards the end of the video, isn't the ratio of the marginal utilities always -1, as the marginal utilities added together equals 0, one value must be the negative of the other (a+b=0, therefore a/b=-1).
You got that right! Make sure you like MyBookSucks on FaceBook (see link in video description). We post all sorts of college humor stuff. Good luck in your classes!
Great to hear the videos are helping you out. I noticed you are in Jamaica and I have never been there. Maybe I could have an impromptu economics lecture on the beach :)
Cool video. Very helpful. It’d be more helpful for some of us to have actual values in these examples. For me I have to see an actual problem worked out. You did good until you got to the end of the video in the last 3 minutes.
The actual utility functions are hard to write in comments since I can use exponents. If you google Cobb-Dougla Utility Function, then you will see a typical utility function.
Thank you so much. It is always great to good feedback and recommendations. Good luck in your classes too and make sure you let me know if you have any special requests. Also... like MyBookSucks on Facebook (see the link in video description). I post new material there and also college humor.
Wow thank you so much. Great the videos are helping you in your classes too. Make sure you like MyBookSucks on FaceBook (see link in the video description). You will help me get the word out.
You are very welcome! Make sure you like MyBookSucks on FaceBook (see link in video description). This will help me spread the word about the free videos.
Thanks for your observation and I could not agree more. I believe that calculus is skipped because calculus is taught so poorly and the texts are equally bad (mybooksucks). I have experienced students do much better with the calculus explanation even if they have no prior math or calculus background.
Did he say mental masturbation at the end? I'm so confused...
Yes he did! ;-)
I cant believe im watching this 9 years later. I'm enjoying your teaching.thank you
did i just hear "mental masturbation"
LMAOOOO
I'm deaaaadddd @economicsfun liking this
Thank you so much for these videos ! I spent days trying to understand this topic and you taught it in a few minutes. i even told my lecturer about your videos and advised that everyone should check you out !
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sorry but can not find the numerical example to help please let me know where I can find it. Thank you in advance
I know someone's already asked a similar question but at 7:21 when you're deriving the utility with respect to x, where does the 2nd 'dx' come from? (the part where it says (dU/dx)dx)
In your reply you said that the extra dx shows that you're taking the partial derivative of U with respect to x, but isn't that already shown by the the dx that's in the denominator of dU/dx? In other words, if dU/dx is read as 'the derivative of U with respect to x', why would you then need the 2nd dx to show that you're taking the derivative with respect to x? Just confused as when doing calculus we've only ever put dx like that when we're doing integrals
Hope my question makes sense + thanks for the video, it's really useful - this is only part I don't really get
thanks i mental came
Wait, why is MRS = dy/dx at the beginning, then MRS= -dy/dx at the end? why are they not consistent? isn't MRS the slope of the indifference curve (always negative), then at the end, if MRS = -dy/dx, it always receives positive values? So which one is that, positive or negative?
As an engineering student, I hate hate hate my intro to macro/micro economics textbook! The author is so scared to use math that he gives longwinded, roundabout explanations about everything, when he could just show some basic calculus. It'd be a heck of a lot more interesting too! :( Thank you for these vids. :D
Great video! it was really helpful to me! thanks so much. I was sitting in class today and I did not understand what my prof was talking about.. all those indifference curves and MRS calculation. you are a life saver ! :) thanks!
You're the real mvp.... thank you for this
Thank you for making this very clear!
It was the bit at the end that was puzzling me.
Thanks again!
Wow ! You are the best instructor here on UA-cam ! every one else sucks ... ;)
Hey thank you so much for this video!! It literally saved my bacon for this semester in public finance!
Terrific job! You made things so much easier to visualize
At 2:40 to know the MRS he calculate delta y and delta x, but why did he do (60-40) / (20-30) ? In France, to calculate the "change in" we do Final value - Start value, so (40-60) / (30-20), why did he do the inverse?
kadir mutlu Maybe they calculate it the other way around? you get the same results so I don't think it matters :)
me too I wondering the same thing, I learned it this way, final value - initial = the change of either X or Y, doing this respectly .
Because he is going from point A to point B. At point A the value is 60 for Y and 20 for X. He wants to visualize the movement from the graph. If he did it your way with the graph, it would not make sense.
thanks for the video i have been lost in my intermediate micro class for weeks... you just cleared everything up in ten minutes wow you should come lecture at my university !!
all I can say your amazing, And I got a 2.1 last year just by watching your video and barely looked at my silly lecture notes! Thank a lot.
Good question. dx and dy is notation. It reads as "I took the partial derivative of U(x,y) with respect to good x (or dx). So the dx tells you I am taking the derivate with respect to x.
The function is U(x,y) and I probably should a video with an equation.
Thank you so much. I wish you keep your motivation and bring a lot of good teaching to life.
What app do you use for teaching? like moving the characters.
You are so good at teaching! Thanks!
I've added this and some others of yours to my urbanecondetroit channel as a refresher for my students.
7:15 the notation is wrong, no? Total differentiation should be normal d and not curly d.
Thanks again! I would encourage you to like MyBookSucks on Facebook (see the link in the description of the video). This will help other students find MyBookSucks and help ease their pain in economics.
Again, thanks for the positive feedback you have given. It means a lot to me to hear from students.
i was promised a numerical example!!!
great video by the way, thank you
Economicsfun you rock! Seriously very helpful, and I know others think so too
Did that numerical example ever end up being made? Kind of hard to process all of this using just algebra.
an individual's marginal utility for commodities are given by the following relation MUx= 40-5x and MUx= 20-3y. what is his marginal rate of substiturion in th3 consumption at the consumption basket X= 3, Y=5? if Px= $5 and Py= $1. Does the basket represent consumption equilibrium? Please solve this sir.
Thanks a lot for explaining in simple words.
You are very welcome MrCheese! Good luck in your studies as well.
sorry, where is the channel economicsfun, and also what links were you referring to in this video? I can't find any other link apart from mybooksuck, and whenever I visit this website there is nothing at all...
Great JOb. i wish teachers also taught this way in class.
I didn't see that coming, great videooo!
Thank you for your comment, much appreciated.
@plumstreetmusic Wayne State is a great school. If you think of anything else your students need to review let me know I am always looking for ideas. I did enjoy your deriving demand from consumer budget video. And I did repost as a video response to my video (see below).
I'm sorry I looked through the videos in this playlist and still cannot find the one with the numerical example. Do you remember the video title?
Hello , Why is Delta x of a and b 20 - 30 and not 30 -20 ? Regards
Thank you so much... you have really helped me
Please,,, may i know,, which types software uses,to creat such as video....like economical graph, and write, like this video.....
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Can there be a situation where the Utility Curve is not constant? Will the equations be the same?
Thank you so much, this was very helpful
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+kindalindaable Ahh! aren't you sweet. I love you too and thanks for your kind words.
+Economicsfun THANK YOUUUUUU
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Since UA-cam limits the number of characters, that is really hard to read! You could go to MyBookSucks facebook page and send a message (with the formula in a word document). You can see the link in the video description.
Sorry for the delayed response... This video is part of a playlist and if you go to the channel economicsfun you should see the playlist on Consumer Theory. See link in this videos description.
Hello sir! Thank you for your video, i hope you will be able to answer this question since its an old video :/ its a simple and stupid question but when do i calculate MRS using the first method and when do i do it using calculus? Thank you!
Hi thanks for this useful video..I just have one question. If utility doesn't change along an indifference curve, towards the end of the video, isn't the ratio of the marginal utilities always -1, as the marginal utilities added together equals 0, one value must be the negative of the other (a+b=0, therefore a/b=-1).
You got that right! Make sure you like MyBookSucks on FaceBook (see link in video description). We post all sorts of college humor stuff.
Good luck in your classes!
@plumstreetmusic thanks. I take it you are teaching an advanced course in economics.
Nice video, thank you.
Which tool are you using for these videos? Its looks quite awesome how you can pull the numbers around on the screen.
I don't get how we use MUx/MUy when we don't know MU (besides that they're variables)....???
Great to hear the videos are helping you out. I noticed you are in Jamaica and I have never been there. Maybe I could have an impromptu economics lecture on the beach :)
Did you do all of this in PowerPoint? If not what did you use to get these beautiful animations?
I use a variety of different tools not powerpoint. I use Final Cut Studio to put the pieces together.
Cool video. Very helpful. It’d be more helpful for some of us to have actual values in these examples. For me I have to see an actual problem worked out. You did good until you got to the end of the video in the last 3 minutes.
The actual utility functions are hard to write in comments since I can use exponents. If you google Cobb-Dougla Utility Function, then you will see a typical utility function.
Thank you so much for your video! It's really helpful and easy to understand. :))
Great to hear and thank you for your feedback. It is much appreciated.
Great explanation of the content. What is the actual function for U? e.g. U=Sqrt(x*y) something along those lines?
@economicsfun Yep. The senior/masters level Urban Economics and Real Estate Markets course at Wayne State University in Detroit
Thank you so much. It is always great to good feedback and recommendations. Good luck in your classes too and make sure you let me know if you have any special requests.
Also... like MyBookSucks on Facebook (see the link in video description). I post new material there and also college humor.
Nicely done. Tasteful animation. How you thought about extending the analysis to include a price increase for x and then derive a demand curve for x?
Wow thank you so much. Great the videos are helping you in your classes too. Make sure you like MyBookSucks on FaceBook (see link in the video description). You will help me get the word out.
This is awesome. Thank you so much
Great work.I really appreciat
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THANK YOU ! You are a great person ..............
If MC is constant, What does AVC look Like on a graph?
Thanks you sir for your explanation is so goods
The best teacher ever, why can't all other moron teachers explain things like this, I'm indebted to your forever sir.
Thank you so much! This helped a lot! :)
@economicsfun Thanks. You are doing a great job. I will look through your collection a make suggestions.
Thanks so much!
Where do the dx and the dy after MUx and MUy come from? (7:20)
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Where can I find said "numerical example"?
Daniel Grant Here is another video with some numbers ua-cam.com/video/INSKJS15cZk/v-deo.html. Good Luck.
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thank u for this !!
@blake81088 Thanks and that is great to hear. My ultimate goal is this very thing.
Please draw graph of utility function u = 4q - q^2
did he just say what I think he said
'algerbretically' 7:57
yes and may the force be with you :)
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utility function u= 4q-q^2 how to solve this problem
Thanks for your observation and I could not agree more. I believe that calculus is skipped because calculus is taught so poorly and the texts are equally bad (mybooksucks). I have experienced students do much better with the calculus explanation even if they have no prior math or calculus background.
Perfect!
Thank You!!!
how find MRS at a point?
Can anybody prove it :Prove that Marginal Rate of substitution MRSxy diminishing if U=f(x1,x2)
F2^2 F11-2f1f2f12+f1^2f22
Thanks man
Nice
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Where's the numerical example
why don't you teach how to get function.......................
awesome
He said that, weird
thnk u sir but is not visible
i stopped at "mental masturbation" (by the way: i felt the same when I understood this context at uni) 😂
13 years? wow