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FrontPage: Have PPC sheet on your desk. Last Word: Reviewing Key Concepts due tomorrow; Ch 1 quiz tomorrow Best Tip Ever Best Pet Halloween Costume Ever 1
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All things are equal Resources are fixed All resources are fully used Only two things can be produced Technology is fixed What could actually cause a “shift” in the PPC – to the right (“out”)? Laptops and LCD TVs? To the left (“in”)? Steel and Food? What about if changes occur for only one good? Milk
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Why is the opportunity cost of doing one more thing instead of the other NOT always a consistent number in a PPC? https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance- domain/microeconomics/choices-opp-cost-tutorial/production- possibilities/v/increasing-opportunity-cost
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Chapter 1, Section 4
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Macroeconomics – study of the economy as a whole, includes topics like inflation, (aggregate) demand, and (aggregate) supply Microeconomics – the study of the individual players in the economy, such as individuals, families and businesses
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Positive Economics - involves describing economics as it is, NOT as it should be Normative Economics - involves describing economics as it SHOULD BE, not as it is
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2 of the most well-known and important economic thinkers of all time… We’ll get to Marx, but… Adam Smith – Founder of the study of economics “father of modern capitalism” Wrote The Wealth of Nations Theorized the “invisible hand” of the market
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