Economics, Explained
in the Order It
Actually Makes Sense.
From supply curves to fiscal policy — a structured curriculum for mid-career analysts, MBA candidates, and business owners who want to read a balance-of-payments report without flinching.
Three learners. One structured path.
Equilibrium is built for people who already know the stakes — and want a curriculum that respects their time by starting exactly where they need it.
Mid-Career Analysts
MBA & CFA Candidates
You can build a DCF in your sleep but freeze when the professor asks why the IS curve shifts left. Fill the conceptual gaps before the entrance exam clock starts.
- Decode any macro question in an interview
- Map monetary policy to market moves
- Argue both sides of a fiscal debate
Recent Graduates
Central Bank & IMF Applicants
Your degree covered the models. The interview asks you to defend them live. Equilibrium bridges the gap between knowing the formula and owning the argument.
- Explain the Taylor Rule without notes
- Walk through a currency-crisis scenario
- Critique monetary policy in plain language
Small-Business Owners
Finance-Literate Operators
You read the headlines but the balance-of-payments table still feels like a foreign language. Learn to interpret the numbers that quietly drive your costs and margins.
- Read a BoP report without a translator
- Anticipate FX moves before they hit margins
- Understand how rate decisions affect your loans
The Language of Economics
Before graphs, before models — vocabulary.
Every discipline has a dialect. This module gives you the 40 terms that unlock every other concept in the curriculum. After this, you read The Economist without stopping to Google.
Markets, Prices & Firm Behaviour
Where supply curves bend under your fingertips.
The models that explain why prices are what they are, why firms behave as they do, and why markets sometimes fail spectacularly. You'll draw every graph from memory by the end.
Two modules in — still reading?
The full curriculum map shows every lesson, estimated time, and what you\'ll be able to do after each module. Download it free.
GDP, Inflation & the Business Cycle
The national economy as a single organism.
Zoom out from the firm to the whole economy. Understand why recessions happen, how central banks respond, and what the unemployment rate actually measures.
Monetary & Fiscal Levers
Monetary policy stops being abstract here.
This is where the curriculum earns its name. Build your first IS-LM model, trace the transmission mechanism of a rate cut, and critique a fiscal stimulus package with evidence.
Trade, FX & the Balance of Payments
Read a BoP report without flinching.
The capstone module. Tie together everything: how countries trade, why exchange rates move, and how to read the document that most business owners avoid entirely.
Drag a price. Watch a market.
This is how Equilibrium teaches. Not a lecture about supply and demand — an experiment you run yourself. Drag the price slider and watch the graph respond in real time.
This is lesson 3 of Module 2. The full module explains why markets self-correct — and when they don't.
Continue to Full Curriculum →The Full Curriculum Map —
every lesson, mapped.
A single-page PDF showing all five modules, every lesson title, estimated completion times, and the outcome you'll walk away with after each stage. Download it, print it, and use it as your study roadmap.
- 5 modules, 15 lessons, ~30 hours of structured content
- Per-lesson time estimates so you can plan around your schedule
- One concrete outcome per module — measurable, not vague
- Recommended reading and tools for each stage