Spaced Repetition · Active Recall · Adaptive Review

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Econ drills supply curves, monetary policy, and game theory into long-term memory — through the same spaced repetition science that medical students use to memorize pharmacology. Dense theory, made to stick.

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Define

Opportunity Cost

Answer

The value of the next-best alternative forgone when a choice is made.

Today's progress46%
🔥 7-day streakNext: Elasticity

Retention rate

94%

vs. 23% rereading

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Nash Equilibrium

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The Science of Studying

Why passive study fails the night before.

Decades of cognitive science research — from Ebbinghaus's forgetting curve to modern spaced-repetition algorithms — show the same result: re-exposure without retrieval barely moves the needle.

Study Criterion

Traditional

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Econ App

🧠 Active Recall + SRS

Retention after 1 week

Ebbinghaus, 1885 / Cepeda et al., 2006

Key finding
18–23%
71–89%

Active recall required

Adapts to your weak spots

Time to cover 200 concepts

Internal benchmark, 2025

Key finding
12–15 hrs
4–5 hrs

Spaced repetition scheduling

Tracks concept decay over time

Works in 10-minute sessions

Exam-aligned question framing

Overall effectiveness score

Based on recall accuracy at 72-hour mark

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Case Studies

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+31%

exam score vs. first practice test

21-day streak
340 cards reviewed
4.2 hrs total
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Priya Krishnamurthy

Pre-med · Econ 101 · University of Michigan

Micro · Macro · Consumer Theory
Before:

Juggling organic chemistry, biology lab, and Econ 101 simultaneously — with 3 weeks until midterms and zero time to reread the textbook.

After:

Passed with a B+ using 12-minute daily sessions on the train.

"I stopped rereading my notes at midnight and started doing 15 cards on the bus. My recall in the actual exam felt completely different."

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3 → 5

AP score in 6 weeks

38-day streak
520 cards reviewed
7.1 hrs total
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Marcus Webb

AP Economics · Jefferson High, Atlanta

Macro · Free Response · Graphs
Before:

Scored a 3 on the AP practice exam. Six weeks to the real test. Needed to close gaps in free-response framing and macro models.

After:

Scored a 5. The adaptive difficulty flagged his weak spot — fiscal policy transmission — and drilled it until it was automatic.

"The app knew I kept getting fiscal policy questions wrong before I even noticed. It just kept serving them until I stopped getting them wrong."

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88th %ile

GRE Economics section

44-day streak
680 cards reviewed
11.3 hrs total
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Diane Osei-Bonsu

Marketing Manager → GRE Prep · Chicago, IL

Econometrics · Game Theory · GRE
Before:

Hadn't touched economics since undergrad. GRE economics section in 8 weeks. Studying on a 45-minute commute, both ways.

After:

Cleared the GRE economics section in the 88th percentile. Used only the commute — no weekend cramming.

"I hadn't thought about econometrics in six years. The spaced repetition brought it back faster than I thought possible — in 45-minute chunks."

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