unit 1: basic economic concepts

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12th grade ap economics

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economics

how an individual in society experiences limitless wants, and chooses to allocate its limited resources to satisfy wants

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microeconomics

study of individual decisions and markets

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macroeconomics

study of national and global economies

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economic resources

- means of producing goods and services
- all natural, human, and manufactured resources that go into the production of goods and services

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utility

any good or service that gives pleasure/satisfaction/usefulness

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fundamental economic questions

- FOR WHOM will it be produced?
- WHAT will be produced?
- HOW will it be produced?

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market economies/capitalism

- no government regulation
- decisions of individual producers and consumers largely determine what, how, and for for whom to produce
- problem: unequal distribution of power and wealth

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command economies/communism

- total government regulation
- industry is publicly owned and a central authority makes production and consumption decisions

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mix economies/free enterprise

government regulation and private business control the factors of production

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karl marx

favored government control (command economy//communism)

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john maynard keynes

favored a mixed economy

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adam smith

favored a market economy (lassiez-faire)

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positive statements

- objective (non-opinionated) statements that can be tested even if not true
- economists use this

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normative statements

subjective (opinions) statements that can't be tested

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ceteris paribus

all things stay constant

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factors of production

- capital: capital goods and human capital
- entrepreneurial ability: decision maker
- land: natural resources
- labor: physical and mental talents

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circular flow diagram

- product market: firms sell, households buy
- factor/resource/labor market: firms buy, households sell

<p>- product market: firms sell, households buy<br>- factor/resource/labor market: firms buy, households sell</p>
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households

consumers

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firms

businesses/producers

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powers of economic thinking

- decisions/resources cost more than you think
- all decisions are made at the margin (MC=MB)
- all decisions are rational
- the answer to most economic questions is "it depends"
- all people/businesses are maximizers

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opportunity cost

- the second best option
- what one sacrifices in order to obtain what one wants

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production possibility curve

- illustrates the tradeoffs facing an economy that produces only two goods
- recessions and depressions does not affect curve

<p>- illustrates the tradeoffs facing an economy that produces only two goods<br>- recessions and depressions does not affect curve</p>
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productive efficiency

- producing goods and services for the lowest cost
- no resources unused
- on the curve

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allocative efficiency

- more concerned with the distribution and allocation of resources among society's wants/needs
- below curve

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shifters of the PPC

- resources (more=outward)
- technology
- change in trade
- investments

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increasing opportunity cost

- resources are not balanced between two goods
- producing more of one good requires giving up an increasing amount of production of the other good

<p>- resources are not balanced between two goods<br>- producing more of one good requires giving up an increasing amount of production of the other good</p>
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constant opportunity cost

- resources are balanced between two goods
- resources are easily adaptable for producing either good

<p>- resources are balanced between two goods<br>- resources are easily adaptable for producing either good</p>
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absolute advantage

- ability to producing a good with fewer resources than another producer
- input/labor/factor market: smallest #
- output/goods/product market: largest #

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comparative advantage

- ability to produce a good with the lowest opportunity cost
- input/labor/factor market: cross-add/smallest #
- output/goods/product market: cross-add/largest #

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output opportunity cost

Other goes Over (OOO)

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input opportunity cost

Other goes Under (IOU)

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theory of consumer choice

- consumer is rational
- consumer is affected by diminishing marginal utility
- consumer faces constraints of income

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utility maximizing rule

- should be equal to obtain greatest utility/happiness
- inequality: buy less of product with lower MUx/Px and more of product with higher MUx/Px

<p>- should be equal to obtain greatest utility/happiness<br>- inequality: buy less of product with lower MUx/Px and more of product with higher MUx/Px</p>
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total utility

total amount of satisfaction obtained from consumption of a good or service

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marginal utility

satisfaction or usefulness obtained from acquiring one more unit of a product

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factor/resource market

where resources (capital and labor) are bought and sold

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product market

goods and services are bought or sold

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capital goods

goods that produce other goods for future use

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consumer goods

products and services that satisfy human wants directly

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marginal analysis

involves comparing marginal benefits and marginal costs

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