\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{Nicolas (embrassedpotato7)} \pdfinfo{ /Title (econ-20a.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (Nicolas (embrassedpotato7)) /Subject (Econ 20A Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{0AA34C} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{EFF9F3} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{Econ 20A Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{Nicolas (embrassedpotato7)} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/144982/cs/31187/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Nicolas (embrassedpotato7) \\ \uline{cheatography.com/embrassedpotato7} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Not Yet Published.\\ Updated 15th March, 2022.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Week 1}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 0 (+ 0) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{x{1.647 cm} x{4.6116 cm} x{5.1057 cm} x{5.1057 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Economics and Scracity}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{economics} & the study of how society manages its scarce, or limited, resources. & Economics studies all of these forces – decision making by individuals, by firms, by government \seqsplit{institutions} & Focus is on how markets operate to allocate scarce resources \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 10) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Scarcity} & {\bf{Dictators}} (since they might not know much about economics, it would likely fail) and {\bf{government}} (have advisors to help plan) decide allocation & allocations work through the \seqsplit{interactions} of all these people through markets & \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 14) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}----} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{17.67cm}}{from Week 1} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}----} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{x{1.647 cm} x{4.941 cm} x{4.941 cm} x{4.941 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Basic Principles of Microeconomics}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Microeconomics} & The study of how households and firms make decisions and interact in markets. & & \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 7) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Macroeconomics} & The study of how economy wide phenomena including inflation, \seqsplit{unemployment} and economic growth. & & \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 8) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{17.67cm}}{{\bf{Principles of Microeconomics}}} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{17.67cm}}{{\emph{How People Make Decisions}}} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Principle 1 & People face trade-offs & \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} & Principle 2 & Opportunity Cost & the cost of something is what you give up to get \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 4) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Principle 3 & People think at the margin & \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 3) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} & Principle 4 & People respond to incentives & Government policies have incentives, sometimes unintended. Sometimes don't work as intended. \tn % Row Count 34 (+ 8) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{x{1.647 cm} x{4.941 cm} x{4.941 cm} x{4.941 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Basic Principles of Microeconomics (cont)}} \tn % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{17.67cm}}{{\emph{How People Interact}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} & Principle 5 & Trade can make everyone better off & \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 3) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Principle 6 & Markets are usually a good way to organize economic activity & \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 5) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} & Principle 7 & Sometimes governments can improve market outcomes & \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 5) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{17.67cm}}{{\emph{How the Economy Works}}} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} & Principle 8 & A country's standard of living depends on its ability to produce goods and services & \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 7) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Principle 9 & Prices rise when the government prints too much money & {\bf{inflation}}: an increase in the overall level of prices in the economy \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 6) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{white} & Principle 10 & Society faces a short-run trade-off between inflation and \seqsplit{unemployment} & \tn % Row Count 34 (+ 6) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}----} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Week 2}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 0 (+ 0) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Questions}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{What exactly do people gain when they trade with each other?} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{Why do people choose to be interdependent?} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{x{3.5427 cm} x{6.5793 cm} x{6.748 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Important Concepts}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Absolute} \seqsplit{Advantage} & ability to produce more of a good, given inputs, then another producer & \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Comparative} \seqsplit{Advantage} & the ability to produce a good at a lower opportunity cost than another producer & better to specialize in whatever makes makes your opportunity cost the least \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 6) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Demand, Supply, and Market Equilibrium}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{{\bf{Market Demand}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 0) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 0) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 0) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 0) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 0) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 0) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 0) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 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