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Basic Economic Concepts
Know 3 Economics Questions Know Factors of Production Know Basic Economic Vocabulary
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3 Economic Questions What to Produce? How to Produce?
Whom to Produce For?
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Factors of Production Land (Any Natural Resource) Labor (Workers)
Capital (Money, Machines, Tools) Entrepreneurship (Starter)
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Economic Products Goods and services that are useful, scarce, and transferable Command a price because they are scarce
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Services Worked performed by someone
Ex: Home repair, concerts, haircuts
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Goods Consumer goods- Goods with final use by individuals
Capital goods- Goods that are used to produce other goods
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Value and Paradox of Value
Value- Worth in dollars and cents Paradox of Value- Idea that necessary items may have very low value while unneeded items may have high value
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Utility SATISFACTION
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Wealth Accumulation of resources and things that are tangible in the economy
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Economic Growth Occurs when nation’s total output increases over time
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Division of Labor Divide labor so individual workers do fewer tasks then before Specialization- Workers begin to do tasks they do more efficiently
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Scarcity Created from unlimited wants and needs and limited resources
Basic and Biggest Economic Problem
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DO YOU KNOW? 3 Economics Questions??? 4 Factors of Production???
Terms like: Scarcity Division of Labor Economics Growth Paradox of Value Wealth
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