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Macroeconomics Chapter 4
The Market System
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Characteristics of the Market System
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Private Property Individuals right own most property resources, not the government
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Freedom of Enterprise Ensures that businesses are free to obtain economic resources to produce their choice of goods and services to sell on the market
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Freedom of Choice Enables owners to employ or dispose their property and money as they see fit Allows workers to enter any line of work Consumers are free to buy what they wish
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Self-Interest Motivation force to do what is best for themselves
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Competition Requires: Independently acting sellers and buyers
“ The diffusion of economic power inherent in competition limits the potential abuse of that power.” Requires: Independently acting sellers and buyers Freedom of sellers and buyers to enter or leave markets
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Markets and Prices Determines prices of resources and products
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Reliance on Technology
Market system encourages use and development of capital goods for the sake of profits and competition Roundabout production describes the ability of tools to produce goods in an easier way than without
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Specialization Workers ability to receive a greater benefit from employment Jack-of-all trades are inefficient
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Division of Labor 1/3 Specialization makes use of ability
Takes advantage of skill sets
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Division of Labor 2/3 Specialization fosters learning by doing
Repetition of a single task will increase that skill
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Division of Labor 3/3 Specialization saves time
Shifting from one job to another wastes time
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Geographic Specialization
Producing products in lands most suited for production needs Example: Growing oranges in FL instead of PA
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Major characteristic of a market system is the use of currency
Use of Money Major characteristic of a market system is the use of currency
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Active, but Limited, Government
Essential to protect consumers from corrupt business practices
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The Market System at Work
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Four Fundamental Questions of the Market System 1/4
What goods and services will be produced? Economic profit = total revenue(TR) – total cost(TC)
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Four Fundamental Questions of the Market System 2/4
How will the goods and services be produced?
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Four Fundamental Questions of the Market System 3/4
Who will get the goods and services
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Four Fundamental Questions of the Market System 4/4
How will the system accommodate change? Guiding function of prices Example: More demand for juice may raise price of fruit
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Economic Costs and Profits
Payments must be made to secure needed amounts of resources (Economic Costs)
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Economic Costs and Profits
Payment that covers land, labor, and capital (Normal Profit) Pure profit, all costs covered (Economic profit)
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Profits and Losses Expanding industry Declining industry
Faster growth + labor floods market = slower growth Declining industry Slower growth and limited labor or product
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Consumer Sovereignty Consumer demand determines types of products
Purchase resources and goods (Dollar Votes)
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Market Restraints on Freedom
Derived Demand: The demand for resources are derived from the products they produce
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Competition and the “Invisible Hand”
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Three Virtues of the Markey System 1/3
Efficiency Adoption most effective practices
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Three Virtues of the Markey System 2/3
Incentives High skill levels rewarded with higher income Encourage labor to achieve innovation
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Three Virtues of the Market System 3/3
Freedom!!! of choice of enterprise
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