How to Use microeconomics in a Sentence

microeconomics

noun
  • Bob Swick, who taught Jiménez in a microeconomics class, was the only professor to connect the dots.
    James Wagner, New York Times, 7 May 2021
  • An integral part of microeconomics is the theory of the firm, the term economists use for companies.
    Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Ho wrote his dissertation on the microeconomics of apologies.
    The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2021
  • When class turns to microeconomics, which is the study of individual markets, students should learn that elasticities are larger in the long run than the short run.
    Bill Conerly, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2021
  • In my opinion, this is about macroeconomics versus microeconomics.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 17 May 2021
  • Most of the benefits of economics for entrepreneurs comes from microeconomics, the study of particular markets, rather than macroeconomics, the study of business cycles.
    Bill Conerly, Forbes, 19 June 2021
  • The first semester of abstract microeconomics lectures in musty Saunders Hall was uninspiring.
    BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2021
  • The venture is being managed by students under the auspices of faculty member Shawn Mullet, who teaches microeconomics and serves as the club’s advisor.
    Kim Chatelain|contributing Writer, NOLA.com, 19 Sep. 2020
  • The answer usually involves the difference between microeconomics and macroeconomics or, more simply, gross versus net jobs.
    Michael Lynch, Forbes, 6 Apr. 2021
  • The money will support research in digital medicine, neurosciences, global health and other medical sciences, as well as support programs in microeconomics and the Kellogg School of Management.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2021
  • Economics is broadly divided into macroeconomics and microeconomics.
    Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Students in the accelerated ESP curriculum pair courses on earth science, conservation biology, urban ecology and climatology with courses on ethics and justice, microeconomics, policy analysis and financial and sustainability management.
    Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2016

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