Economics Thread

Learn how the economy really works — by playing. Economics Thread is a free, Duolingo-style game that starts with the one idea underneath all of economics — scarcity — and climbs from there through trade, money, supply and demand, markets, business, banking, personal finance, and the whole world economy.

The worlds

Market Square (scarcity & choice), the Trading Post (trade & money), the Price Signal (supply & demand), and the Open Market (markets & prices) — with business, banking, personal finance, the national economy, government, the central bank, the global economy, and the great economic ideas still on the way.

Short, friendly 2–4 minute lessons with instant feedback. Boss battles against market keepers. Hearts, streaks, levels and badges. Chat with AI recreations of great economists. Earn Coins with your guide, Penny the squirrel. Works offline and installs to your home screen. No account needed. Sister project to Math Thread, Science Thread and English Thread.