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• n  the branch of economics that studies the economy of consumers or households or individual firms

• Cadets in the social-studies department, for example, can take political philosophy, microeconomics and political and cultural anthropology.
• He studied up on tribal relationships, Iraqi politics and microeconomics.
• He met Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's current CEO, when they both talked their way into a graduate course in microeconomics.

News & Articles

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• Ben Bernanke as Easter Bunny: Why the Fed Can't Prevent the Coming Crash
  By Terence Burnham The Dow may have risen nearly 170 points Thursday, but don't expect it to stay that way, argues Terry Burnham. Photo courtesy of Stan Honda/AFP via Getty Images. Paul Solman: Despite today's 170 point rise in the Dow, Terry Burnham remains a battle-scarred stock market skeptic. Burnham, whose microeconomics course I took at Harvard's Kennedy School years ago, is a former ...
  July 11, 2013 - The Online NewsHour