• Microeconomics and Macroeconomics

• How Economists Use Theories and Models to Understand Economic Issues

• How Economies Can Be Organized: An Overview of Economic Systems

Introduction

BRING IT HOME

Information Overload in the Information Age
To post or not to post? Every day we are faced with a myriad of decisions, from what to have for breakfast, to which

show to stream, to the more complex—“Should I double major and add possibly another semester of study to my

education?” Our response to these choices depends on the information we have available at any given moment.

Economists call this “imperfect” because we rarely have all the data we need to make perfect decisions. Despite the

lack of perfect information, we still make hundreds of decisions a day.

Streams, sponsors, and social media are altering the process by which we make choices, how we spend our time,
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