Many students find it difficult to visualize how policy decisions create ripple effects across an economy, or to distinguish between correlation and causation in economic data. Graphing skills—especially interpreting aggregate supply/demand models, Phillips curves, and IS-LM diagrams—trip up a lot of learners. Additionally, connecting real-world events (recessions, inflation spikes, trade wars) back to economic theory requires practice that classroom lectures alone often don't provide.

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