Chapter 2: Thinking Like An Economist

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Households

Buy goods and services from firms using money.

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Outer Loop →

Represents the Flow of Money (or Dollars)

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Assumptions

Can simplify complex concepts and ideas, which make them easier to understand.

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Scientific Method

The dispassionate development and testing of theories about how the world works.

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Production Possibilities Frontier

Shows the opportunity cost of one good as measured in terms of another good.

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Microeconomics

The study of how households and firms make decisions and how they interact in specific markets.

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Macroeconomics

The study of economy- wide phenomena, such as inflation, unemployment, and economic growth.

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Circular Flow Diagram

There are two loops in the ________ which are distinct, but related.

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Inefficient Levels of Production

Occurs when the economy is producing BELOW its Production Possibilities Frontier.

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Inner Loop →

Represents the Flow of Inputs and Outputs.

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Households

Owns the factors of production and consumes the goods and services produced by firms.

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Circular Flow Diagram

A visual model of the economy that shows how money flows through the market among households and firms.

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Households

Sell the Factors of Production (Labor, Land, and Capital) to the firms.

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