 Economics is about choosing from alternative ways to use scare resources to accomplish goals  All economic analysis focuses on how people choose.

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 Economics is about choosing from alternative ways to use scare resources to accomplish goals  All economic analysis focuses on how people choose

 The economist’s concept of cost is something that is given up when choosing something else  The alternative that was given up is the cost of the choice called “opportunity cost”  Opportunity costs is not all of the alternatives you could have selected; it is what is lost by the choice you did make

 Every choice we make involves benefit/cost analysis, either implicitly or explicitly  There are 5 steps in the benefit/costs analysis. They are: -Identify the goal and resources available to achieve the goal -Identify alternative ways to achieve the goal and narrow down the options -Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of each option -Choose one of the alternatives -Identify the alternative not selected as the opportunity cost

Movie TheaterAlbertson’s  Wage: $8.00  Incentives: Free movies, soda and popcorn  Hours:  Holiday Pay: Time and a half on 3 holidays  No health insurance  I love this job  Wage: $8.30  Incentives: Five percent off all items purchased  Hours: 30  Holiday Pay: Double time on 6 holidays  Health insurance  This one, not so much

 Wealth is subjective evaluation of one’s well- being, not an amount of money i.e. you won’t choose something if there is no incentive!

 Two parties with equal information will voluntarily exchange only if they gain more than they give

 An economy accomplishes two tasks: -Production of goods and services desired by society -Facilitation of exchange between parties  Profit is the major incentive of a market economy and competition is the major regulator

 Employers will hire workers if the employers expect to gain more than they give  Employers will give high salaries if they expect the revenue to be brought in higher than the amount being paid to the individual

 The three goals of macroeconomic policy are economic growth, full employment and price stability

 Government policies always involve trade- offs  When governments use resources there is an opportunity cost  The benefits and the opportunity cost of particular policies are not always evenly distributed