Introduction to Economics and ESG Investing
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About Introduction to Economics and ESG Investing
About the Teacher
Jay Moulton
Jay Moulton is a business veteran. In short:
- Corporate finance and turnaround expert in U.S. and Canada
- CEO or operator of numerous companies in many industries
- 30 years of actually applying business economics principles
- Successfully led and invested in several leveraged buyouts
- Director or advisor to 30+ different companies
- Experience in both for-profit and not-for-profit sectors
- Producer of 700 professional videos and several TV shows
- Author of six economics and business strategy books
- Graduate of Harvard Business School MBA program
- Graduate of The Royal Military College of Canada
- Professional electrical engineer
- Governor of the Harvard Club of British Columbia
Basic Market Forces That Drive ESG Analysis
MODULE 1
Supply and demand are powerful forces that ESG experts must master.
Opportunity Cost vs. Choice
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In this lecture, you will learn to: Describe the concept of opportunity costs using the examples of guns and butter
An introduction to opportunity cost
Businesses make many spending choices every day. When corporations make profits, they can choose to share some of those profits with their workers as higher wages or the corporation can invest in capital and machinery. Every dollar spent as a worker's wage increase is one dollar less that can be invested in machinery or distributed to shareholders.
Businesses make many spending choices every day. When corporations make profits, they can choose to share some of those profits with their workers as higher wages or the corporation can invest in capital and machinery. Every dollar spent as a worker's wage increase is one dollar less that can be invested in machinery or distributed to shareholders.
Governments have to decide how to spend taxpayers' money. Economists call this a choice between guns and butter. Guns represent the expenditures that governments make on military, and butter represents all the non-military expenditures, like investments in the environment, healthcare, roads and education.
Demand Curve Analysis
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How the demand curve works
Supply Curve Analysis
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How the supply curve works
Market Equilibrium - Where Supply and Demand Meet
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How market equilibrium works
Production Costs and ESG Investing
MODULE 2
How ESG policies and actions affect production costs.
Costs of Production Affect ESG Decision-making
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Examining the costs of production
Marginal Product Contributes to Profitability
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How marginal product contributes to profitability
Marginal and Average Fixed Cost
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How marginal and fixed cost work
Declining Average Cost Improves Competitive Position
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Examining how declining average cost works
How Companies Compete in an ESG World
MODULE 3
Competitive analysis forms the foundation for smart ESG strategies.
Four Market Structures For ESG Analysis
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An overview of four market structures
ESG Case Study of Retail Gas Stations
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Analyzing how retail gas stations compete
Monopolies and ESG Balance
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Evaluating monopolies from and ESG perspective
Natural Monopoly
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Exploring natural monopolies
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