1. The Principle of Opportunity Cost
No matter what we do, there are always tradeoffs.
Scarcity -- limited resources -- is the reason.
The opportunity cost of something is what you sacrifice to get it.

2. Opportunity Costs are Choices ???
How should I spend my money ?
How should I spend my time ?
Opportunity cost is always measured by how much you give up of the next best alternative to get what you want.

3. Opportunity Costs and Production Possibilities
The production possibility curve illustrates the principle of opportunity cost for an entire economy.
-- shows all possible combinations of goods and services available to entire economy.
--- principle of opportunity cost explains why production possibility curve is negatively sloped.

4. Shifting the Production Possibilities Curve
The production possibilities curve will shift as a result of:
An increase in the economy’s production factor
-- natural resources
-- labor
-- physical capital
-- human capital
-- entrepeneurship
Technological innovation that increases output from a given amount of resources.

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6. MARKET
An arrangement which allows buyers and sellers to exchange money and goods.

7. QUESTIONS ADDRESSED ABOUT TRADE
Why do both rich and poor nations benefit from trade ?
What is a firm, and how are firms organized ?
Which of the industrialized nations has the lowest taxes ?
Which nations are most dependent on international trade ?
How do governments restrict international trade?
What are GATT, NAFTA, and the World Trade Organization ?

8. Markets facilitate specialization and exchange.
WHY DO MARKETS EXIST ?
We are not self-sufficient:
(We specialize in what we do best.)
We trade what we make for goods or services we need, or for money to buy goods and services we need.
Markets facilitate specialization and exchange.

9. comparative ADVANTAGE & EXCHANGE
Productivity of two individuals
Brenda Sam
Bread Per Hour
Shirts Per Hour

10. (Brenda has absolute advantage over Sam).
The ability of one individual to produce more of all goods being compared.
(Brenda has absolute advantage over Sam).

11. OPPORTUNITY COST FOR BRENDA AND SAM
OPPORTUNITY COSTS
LOAVES SHIRTS
Brenda /shirt /3 / loaf
Sam /shirt /loaf
Person should produce good that he/she has comparative advantage (lower opportunity cost) to reduce sacrifice.

12. HOW DOES SPECIALIZATION HELP ?
If Brenda uses one hour of shirt production for bread production.
2 fewer shirts more bread loaves
If Sam uses three hours of bread production for shirt production
3 more shirts fewer bread loaves
Overall change
1 more shirt more bread loaves

13. THE GLOBAL ECONOMY (International Trade)
Exports - Goods produced in the U.S. and sold in another country.
Imports - Goods produced in another country and purchased by citizens of the U.S.

14. 1993 INTERNATIONAL TRADE Product/Service Exports Imports
Airplanes & Parts $31 billion
Automated Data Processing $27 billion $43 billion
Chemicals $45 billion
Clothing $34 billion
Crude oil & petroleum preparations $49 billion
Electrical Machinery $37 billion $46 billion
Footwear $11 billion
Industrial Machinery $38 billion $31 billion
Power Generating Machinery $19 billion $17 billion
Scientific Instruments $15 billion
Telecommunications Equip. $13 billion $27 billion
Toys, games, sporting goods $12 billion
Vehicles: cars and trucks $16 billion $61 billion
Vehicles: parts $19 billion $18 billion

16. INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Trade between nations is based on the same principles for trade between individuals:
- Specialize in what country does best;
- Use comparative advantage;
- Lower opportunity cost;

17. Reliance on Trade Differs With Specific Country
Smaller countries, with fewer opportunities for specialization, rely more heavily on trade;
Larger countries, with greater absolute advantage, rely less on trade.

18. EXPORT RATIOS (Exports as Percentage of Total Income)
COUNTRY EXPORT RATIO
Norway 43
Canada
Germany 33
South Korea 30
Britain
France
United States 11
Japan 9
India 9
Brazil 7

19. THE MARGINAL PRINCIPLE
(INCREMENTAL)
Provides a way of fine-tuning decisions.
Will one additional unit of a variable make us better or worse off ?

20. THE MARGINAL PRINCIPLE
Marginal Benefit
The extra benefit resulting from a small increase in the activity.
Marginal Cost
The additional cost resulting from a small increase in the activity.

21. THE MARGINAL PRINCIPLE
Increase the level of an activity if its marginal benefit exceeds its marginal cost, but reduce the level if the marginal cost exceeds the marginal benefit. If possible, pick the level at which the marginal benefit equals marginal cost.

22. EDWARD SCISSORHANDS BARBERSHOP
Should Edward stay open 3 or 4 hours?
Marginal benefit -- 5 haircuts x $8 = $40
marginal cost --
$4 / hour, plus;
$20 / hour opportunity cost trimming hedges and mowing lawns;
marginal benefit exceeds marginal cost
$40 - $24 = $16 : stay open the extra hour.

23. EDWARD SCISSORHANDS BARBERSHOP
If Edward progressively cuts fewer heads each hour he is open, marginal benefit decreases:
4th hour -- 5 haircuts ($40 marginal benefit)
5th hour -- 4 haircuts ($32 marginal benefit)
6th hour -- 3 haircuts ($24 marginal benefit)
Marginal cost remains at $24 for each hour.

24. The Marginal Principle and the Barbershop
BENEFIT OR
COST
($ / HR)
MARGINAL BENEFIT b
$40 c
$32 d
$24
MARGINAL COST 4 5 6
HOURS PER DAY BARBER SHOP IS OPEN

25. The Principle of Diminishing Returns
If an output produced from two or more inputs has one input increasing, while the other remains constant, a point will be reached where the output will increase at a decreasing rate.
THE POINT OF DIMINISHING RETURNS

26. THE SPILLOVER PRINCIPLE
For some goods, the costs or benefits associated with the good are not confined to the individual or organization that decides how much of the good to produce or consume.

27. THE REALITY PRINCIPLE
The real value or purchasing power of money or income means more to people than its face value.

28. THE REALITY PRINCIPLE Nominal Value -- Real Value --
The face value of a sum of money.
Real Value --
The value of a sum of money in terms of the quantity of goods that can be purchased.