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Economics Basics Continued…

What gives something value? Utility & Scarcity Goods: Durable goods Nondurable goods Consumer goods Capital goods Services A good or service has value when…..

Individuals & Societies have to answer the fundamental economic questions What to produce How to produce For whom to produce There is an opportunity cost for each choice Op Cost is the value of the next best alternative not chosen Translate that to normal English please

What’s the difference between income and wealth?

How do we tell if a country is “rich” or “poor”? Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Total value of all goods & services produced in a country in a year GDP per capita Factors of Production Land Labor Capital Entrepreneurs

Everyone has to make choices. Scarcity of resources forces choices You can sleep or study, pack your lunch or buy it But it usually isn’t an “all or nothing” situation

Imagine a typical school week You could buy your lunch ever day or just a couple of days a week This table is called a production possibility schedule. Illustrates alternatives and opportunity cost A B C D E F Buy 5 4 3 2 1 Pack

Let’s say you buy your lunch everyday and spend $5 for each meal. 4 3 2 1 Pack Let’s say you buy your lunch everyday and spend $5 for each meal. How much are you spending each week to eat out? But if you packed your lunch, that costs money too! Loaf of bread - $2 Jar of Peanut Butter - $3 Jar of Jelly - $3 Bag of Chips - $4 5 Fuji apples - $5 That $28 over two weeks or $14 a week.

Life doesn’t have to be extremes You could choose an alternative. Buy 5 4 3 2 1 Pack Life doesn’t have to be extremes You could choose an alternative. If you go from eating out everyday to only once, you are at alternative B. What did you give up? This is your opportunity cost! What is your opportunity cost of going from C to E? What is your opportunity cost of going from D to A?

Graph the schedule A B C D E F Buy 5 4 3 2 1 Pack Pack You have just made a production possibilities curve

A Visual of an nation’s economy Capital Goods (examples: machinery, factories, buildings, equipment) Consumer Goods (examples: clothes, cars, TVs)

Production Possibilities Table Production Alternatives Types of Products A B C D E Pizzas (in 100,000s) 1 2 3 4 Cars (in 1,000s) 10 9 7

Production Possibilities Curve 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Cars 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pizza

Production Possibilities Table Production Alternatives Types of Products A B C D E Pizzas (in 100,000s) 2 4 6 8 Cars (in 1,000s) 14 12 9 5

Production Possibilities Curve 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Cars 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pizza

PPC’s can shift What might allow a producer to make more of a product?

Graph Practice Assume an economy is economically efficient. Illustrate that an economy that is fully using its resources at its current level of technology.

Assume an economy is no longer fully employing its resources at the current level of technology. Illustrate this.

Illustrate an economy that is in a recession.

Suppose wages drop and the new lower wages discourage workers from seeking employment resulting in a decrease in labor participation rate.

Suppose that the capital stock used in the production of capital goods and consumer goods increases.

Suppose that because of a reduction of energy resources, an economy can no longer fully employ all of its technological advances.

Illustrate an economy that goes from a high level of unemployment to a more moderate level of unemployment.

Suppose an economy is fully-employed and the government imposes a mandatory retirement of 60 years of age.

Suppose an economy is using all of its resources efficiently and then increases its technology to produce more capital goods.