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Basics of Economics
Basics of Economics
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Unit 1
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What you give up to get what you want/need
Opportunity Cost
Goods and Services
Scarcity
Resources
2
The benefit of one product over another
Incentive
Trade Off
Utility
Economize
3
Physical items paid for by consumers and manufactured by producers
Goods
Services
4
What is the definition of Economics
How individuals and society satisfy limited wants with unlimited means
How individuals and society satisfy unlimited wants with limited means
How society figures out the FOPs
How individuals determine government structures
5
A decreasing PPC looks like:
A convex line
A concave line
A straight line
6
The cost/benefit of buying more than one or adding to production:
Cost/Benefit Analysis
Marginal Cost/Benefit
Invisible Hand
Scarcity
7
Asking if a product is worth it’s value
Economize
Trade Off
Incentive
Utility
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Encouragement to buy one product versus another
Utility
Incentive
Trade Off
Economize
9
The price of gasoline in Pa vs Md
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
10
Economics on a local or country based scale
Microeconomics
Macroeconomics
11
THE economic problem
Resources
Money
Greed
Scarcity
12
Increasing PPC looks like:
A convex line
A concave line
A straight line
13
Invisible Hand theorist:
John Jones
John Smith
Adam Jones
Adam Smith
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Normative economics study:
Data
Facts
Dates
Opinions
15
35% of teenagers like to sleep through class
Example of normative
Example of positive
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Factors of Production:
Scarcity
Labor
Capital
Land
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Analysis of what is attained versus payment
Scarcity
Opportunity Costs
FOPs
Cost-Benefit Analysis
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Risking it all:
Entrepreneurship
Labor
Capital
Land
19
A constant PPC looks like:
A concave line
A convex line
A straight line
20
Positive economics study (2 answers):
Date
Data
Opinions
Facts
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35% of teenagers like to sleep through class because they do not go to bed at a reasonable hour
Normative
Positive
22
Viewing economics on a global scale
Microeconomics
Macroeconomics
23
PPC assumptions include (2 answers):
No scarcity
More than 2 goods produced
Technology is fixed
All labor at 100%
24
What are the 3 questions asked because of scarcity?
Who to make it for?
What to make?
What country to use to make it?
How to make it?
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Capital goods (2 answers):
Not bought everyday
Made for direct consumption
Used to make goods
Everyday grocery