Professor Anvari

Taught manufacturing and industrial systems engineering courses at the University of Michigan for five years where he received his three engineering degrees, and as an adjunct professor he teaches project and cost management at local universities in the Washington DC area.�

In his early career he worked at General Motors as a production engineer and later as an operations research and systems analyst at the cost and economic analysis center in Washington DC.

Mort is currently the Director of Programs and Strategy at ASA (FM&C) and the Lean Six Sigma (LSS) deployment Director where he oversees process improvement initiatives, economic studies validation, cost benefit analysis, and risk and uncertainty analysis in support of major defense programs.

Mort is Defense Acquisition University Level III Certified in Business Financial Management (BFM), and Business Cost Estimating (BCE). Mort has� received several professional awards that includes the 2006 DoD modeling and simulation award.

In his public lectures, Mort stimulates cost culture debates among government and industry leaders and managers. Professor Anvari has repeatedly appeared on live television programs analyzing the political economy of the Middle East.

Mort

Anvari

 

Professor Anvari

Taught manufacturing and industrial systems engineering courses at the University of Michigan for five years where he received his three engineering degrees, and as an adjunct professor he teaches project and cost management at local universities in the Washington DC area.�

In his early career he worked at General Motors as a production engineer and later as an operations research and systems analyst at the cost and economic analysis center in Washington DC.

Mort is currently the Director of Programs and Strategy at ASA (FM&C) and the Lean Six Sigma (LSS) deployment Director where he oversees process improvement initiatives, economic studies validation, cost benefit analysis, and risk and uncertainty analysis in support of major defense programs.

Mort is Defense Acquisition University Level III Certified in Business Financial Management (BFM), and Business Cost Estimating (BCE). Mort has� received several professional awards that includes the 2006 DoD modeling and simulation award.

In his public lectures, Mort stimulates cost culture debates among government and industry leaders and managers. Professor Anvari has repeatedly appeared on live television programs analyzing the political economy of the Middle East.

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Economics Topics� (scroll down for Topics contents)

 

 

1

Global Economy

 

 

2

MacroEconomics (Principles, Applications, and Tools)

 

 

3

PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS

 

 

4

MicroEconomics (Theory and Applications with Calculus)

 

 

5

Engineering Economy

 

 

6

Managerial Economics (Tools for Decision Makers)

 

 

7

Exercise pdf

 

 

8

Take a Test Excel

 

 

9

Economics of Sports

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Global Economy

 

 

1

Introduction to International Macroeconomics

 

 

2

Measuring National Output

 

 

3

Monitoring Labor Market Conditions

 

 

4

Inflation, GDP, and Business Cycles

 

 

5

Who Wins, and Who Loses?

 

 

6

Measuring Money

 

 

7

Financial Intermediaries and Money Creation

 

 

8

Who Controls the Money Supply and How?

 

 

9

Interest Rates and Why They Change

 

 

10

Price and Output Fluctuations

 

 

11

Fiscal Policy and Automatic Stabilizers

 

 

12

Basics of Foreign Exchange Markets

 

 

13

Exchange Rates: Why Do They Change?

 

 

14

Balance of Payments Fundamentals

 

 

15

Putting It All Together

 

 

16

Economic Shocks to Nations

 

 

17

Shocks to Nations with Fixed Exchange Rates

 

 

18

Long-Term Growth and Inflation

 

 

19

Long-Term Exchange Rate Movements

 

 

20

Demystifying International Macroeconomics

 

 

2

MacroEconomics (Principles, Applications, and Tools)

 

 

1

Introduction: What Is Economics?

 

 

2

The Key Principles of Economics

 

 

3

Exchange and Markets

 

 

4

Demand, Supply, and Market Equilibrium

 

 

5

Measuring Nation's Production and Income

 

 

6

Unemployment and Inflation

 

 

7

The Economy at Full Employment

 

 

8

Why Economies Grow?

 

 

9

Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply

 

 

10

Fiscal Policy

3

PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS

11

The Income-Expenditure Model

1

The Scope and Method of Economics

12

Investment and Financial Markets

2

The Economic Problem: Scarcity and Choice

13

Money and Banking System

3

Demand, Supply, and Market Equilibrium

14

Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy

4

Demand and Supply Applications

15

Modern MacroEconomics: From Short Run to Long Run

5

Introduction to Macroeconomics

16

The Dynamics of Inflation and Unemployment

6

Measuring National Output and National Income

17

Macroeconomic Policy Debates

7

Unemployment, Inflation, and Long-Run Growth

18

International Trade and Public Policy

8

Aggregate Expenditure and Equilibrium Output

19

The World of International Finance

9

The Government and Fiscal Policy

5

Engineering Economy

10

The Money Supply and the Federal Reserve System

1

Introduction to Engineering Economy

11

Money Demand and the Equilibrium Interest Rate

2

Cost Concepts and Design Economics

12

Aggregate Demand in the Goods and Money Markets

3

Cost Estimation Techniques

13

Aggregate Supply and the Equilibrium Price Level

4

The Time Value of Money

14

The Labor Market In the Macroeconomics

5

Evaluating a Single Project

15

Financial Crises, Stabilization, and Deficits

6

Comparison and Selection Among Alternatives

16

Household and Firm Behavior in the Macroeconomics: A Further Look

7

Depreciation and Income Taxes

17

Long-Run growth

8

Price Changes and Exchange Rates

18

Alternative Views in Macroeconomics

9

Replacement Analysis

19

International Trade, Comparative Advantage, and Protectionism

10

Evaluating wit Benefit-Cost Ratio Method

20

Open-Economy Macroeconomics: The Balance of Payments and Exchange Rates

11

Breakeven and Sensitivity Analysis

21

Economic Growth in Developing and Transitional Economies

12

Probabilistic Risk Analysis

4

MicroEconomics (Theory and Applications with Calculus)

13

The Capital Budgeting Process

1

MicroEconomics: Introduction

14

Decision Making Considering Multi-attributes

2

Supply and Demand

15

Solve Engineering Economy Problems w Excel

3

A Consumer�s Constrained Choice

6

Managerial Economics (Tools for Decision Makers)

4

Demand

1

Economics and managerial decision making

5

Consumer Welfare and Policy Analysis

2

The Firm and Its Goals

6

Firms and Production

3

Supply and Demand

7

Costs

4

Demand Elasticity

8

Competitive Firms and Markets

5

Demand Estimation and Forecasting

9

Properties and Applications of the Competitive Model

6

The Theory and Estimation of Production

10

General Equilibrium and Economic Welfare

7

The Theory and Estimation of Cost

11

Monopoly and Monopsony

8

Pricing and Output Decisions: Perfect Competition and Monopoly

12

Pricing and Advertising

9

Pricing and Output Decisions: Monopolistic Competition an Oligopoly

13

Game Theory

10

Special Pricing Policies

14

Oligopoly and Monopolistic Competition

11

Game Theory and Asymmetric Information

15

Factor Markets

12

Capital Budgeting and Risk

16

Uncertainty

13

The Multinational Corporation and Globalization

17

Property Rights, Externalities, Rivalry, and Exclusion

14

Government and Industry

18

Asymmetric Information

15

The Global Soft Drink Industry: A Case Study in Managerial Economics

19

Contracts and Moral Hazards

8

Take a Test Excel

7

Exercise pdf

1

DEMAND FUNCTIONS

1

DEMAND FUNCTIONS

2

SUPPLY FUNCTIONS

2

SUPPLY FUNCTIONS

3

EQUILIBRIUM PRICES

3

EQUILIBRIUM PRICES

4

LABOR MARKETS

4

LABOR MARKETS

5

ELASTICITY OF DEMAND

5

ELASTICITY OF DEMAND

6

CONSUMER & PRODUCER SURPLUS

6

CONSUMER & PRODUCER SURPLUS

7

TAXES AND WELFARE

7

TAXES AND WELFARE

8

MARGINAL COSTS

8

MARGINAL COSTS

9

PROFIT MAXIMIZATION

9

PROFIT MAXIMIZATION

10

UTILITY MAXIMIZATION

10

UTILITY MAXIMIZATION

11

MORE UTILITY MAXIMIZATION

11

MORE UTILITY MAXIMIZATION

12

DEMAND CURVES AND INCOME

12

DEMAND CURVES AND INCOME

13

DISCOUNTED PRESENT VALUE

13

DISCOUNTED PRESENT VALUE

14

INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN

14

INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN

9

The Economics of Sports

 

 

1

Economics and Sports

 

 

2

Review of the Economist's Arsenal

 

 

3

Sports Franchises as Profit-Maximizing Firms

 

 

4

Monopoly and Antitrust

 

 

5

Competitive Balance

 

 

6

The Public Finance of Sports: Who Benefits and How?

 

 

7

The Public Finance of Sports:Who Pays and Why?

 

 

8

An Introduction to Labor Markets in Professional Sports

 

 

9

Labor Market Imperfections

 

 

10

Discrimination

 

 

11

The Economics of Amateurism and College Sports