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1 The Economic Way of Thinking Dr. T. D. Mitchell Bonneville High School, Idaho Falls, Idaho

2 Scarcity: The Basic Economic Problem Principle 1 People Have Wants Principle 2 Scarcity Affects Everyone Goods Services Consumer Producer Economics: Concepts and Choices, 2011. Holt McDougal

3 Scarcity: The Basic Economic Problem Scarcity Leads to Three Economic Questions What will be produced? How will it be produced? For whom it will be produced? Economics: Concepts and Choices, 2011. Holt McDougal

4 The Factors of Production LandLabor Capital Economics: Concepts and Choices, 2011. Holt McDougal Entrepreneurship

5 Economic Choices: Opportunity Cost Economics: Concepts and Choices, 2011. Holt McDougal Making Choices Incentives Utility Economize Factors that help you make an economic choice: 1.Motivations for choice 2.No Free Lunch

6 Trade-Offs and Opportunity Cost Economics: Concepts and Choices, 2011. Holt McDougal Making Trade-Offs Counting the Opportunity Costs Analyzing Choices Marginal Cost Marginal Benefits

7 Analyzing Production Possibilities Economics: Concepts and Choices, 2011. Holt McDougal Economic Models Production Possibilities Curve (Frontier) Assumption Resources are fixed All resources are fully employed Technology is fixed

8 Review: Production Possibilities Curve Economics: Concepts and Choices, 2011. Holt McDougal

9 What We Learn from PPCs Economics: Concepts and Choices, 2011. Holt McDougal Efficiency Underutilization Law of increasing opportunities costs Guns and Butter

10 Changing Production Possibilities Economics: Concepts and Choices, 2011. Holt McDougal

11 More on the PPC Economics: Concepts and Choices, 2011. Holt McDougal

12 Economists Toolbox Economics: Concepts and Choices, 2011. Holt McDougal Statistics Using economic models Charts and tables Using Graphs

13 Economists Study Economics: Concepts and Choices, 2011. Holt McDougal Macroeconomics The study of the whole economy Microeconomics The study of the individual consumer Units of Study  Economic Growth  Economic Stability  International Trade  Consumer Markets  Business Markets  Labor Markets Topics of interestTopics of Interest  Money, Banking, finance  Government Taxing and Spending Policies  Employment and unemployment  Inflation  Markets, prices, costs, profits, Competition, Government Regulations  Consumer Behavior  Business Behavior

14 Positive and Normative Economics Positive Economics A way of describing and explaining economics as it is, not as it should be. Involves verifiable facts, not value judgments. Normative Economics A way of describing and explaining what economic behavior ought to be, not what it actually is. Does not involve value judgments because it seeks to make recommendations for action. Economics: Concepts and Choices, 2011. Holt McDougal

15 Adam Smith: Founder of Modern Economics  250 Years ago, economics did not exist as an academic discipline.  In 1776, Adam Smith changed all this.  Born in Scotland, studied literature, logic, and moral philosophy.  Wrote Wealth of Nations in 1776. ‐Economic self-interest ‐The invisible hand ‐Became the foundation of modern economics Economics: Concepts and Choices, 2011. Holt McDougal


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