Learn how utility functions derive demand functions and their role in maximizing consumer satisfaction and economic decision making.

As everybody knows, utility coordination is essential in the success of most state and local highway construction projects. You didn’t know that? OK, so not everybody knows that, and I guess that’s ...

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Elementary economics tells us that a good decision is to maximize utility. Utility refers to how desirable a task or choice is for an individual. Maximizers are people who strive to get the very best ...

Several weeks ago, an article ran in Inside Higher Ed about the interest of many graduate students in jobs that don’t include a lot of pressure to publish. Instead many were interested in jobs that ...

Elementary economics tells us that a good decision is to maximize utility. Utility refers to how desirable a task or choice is for an individual. Maximizers are people who strive to get the very best ...