Graph Lab

Your sandbox for economics graphs. Drag curves, change taxes and prices, and watch what happens to price, quantity, surplus and profit. Free, no account needed.

Graph playground

Change the graph and watch what happens. Nothing here is graded, so try anything.

Why MC falls, then rises: hire one worker at a time

Watch marginal product and marginal cost mirror each other. When a new worker adds more than the last one, each extra smoothie costs less. Once diminishing returns set in, MC climbs.

Perfect competition: short run to long run

You can also drag market demand left or right on the graph.

Taxes and subsidies on a firm

Slide right for a tax, left for a subsidy.

Tax incidence

Drag the round handle on the demand curve to rotate it around the equilibrium.

Move any curve

Drag a curve to move it. On a keyboard, press Tab to reach a curve, then use the arrow keys.

Drag the curve

Six sample questions. Drag the curve you think moves, then check your answer.

Drag a curve to move it. On a keyboard, press Tab to reach a curve, then use the arrow keys.

Graph library

Every graph you need for the course, with the versions exam questions ask about. Tap to open, then choose a version to redraw it.

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