Browse curated Economics animation examples with reusable Manim scenes, visual explanations, and teaching-ready ideas.
6 animations
Demonstrates the power of compound interest by comparing three growth scenarios over 30 years: no interest (flat), simple interest at 5% (linear), and compound interest at 5% (exponential). Illustrates the compounding formula and a concrete $1000 @ 7% example showing $7,612 after 30 years.
Illustrates how inflation erodes purchasing power over time through multiple visual metaphors: a shrinking coin, a bar chart showing how many goods $100 buys across decades, the rising CPI index, and the Rule of 72 applied to purchasing power halving at 3% annual inflation (~24 years).
Visualizes how supply and demand curves interact to form a market equilibrium. Demonstrates the effects of a demand shift (rightward) and a supply shift (leftward) on equilibrium price and quantity, building core microeconomics intuition.
Introduces the Prisoner's Dilemma, a foundational concept in game theory. Shows a 2x2 payoff matrix, animates two prisoners making independent decisions, explains why (Defect, Defect) is the Nash Equilibrium even though mutual cooperation is Pareto superior. Highlights dominant strategies and the Nash Equilibrium condition.
Demonstrates network effects by visually building a graph of nodes and edges as users are added one by one. Shows that connections grow quadratically as n(n-1)/2, contrasting linear cost of new users with the quadratic growth in network value (Metcalfe's Law: V β nΒ²). Includes real-world examples like telephone networks and social media.
Visualizes the Black-Scholes option pricing model through three key concepts: geometric Brownian motion stock paths, the call option payoff diagram at expiry (max(S-K, 0)), and the probability cone expanding over time. Shows how volatility sigma affects option price and presents the full Black-Scholes formula.
