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- 2. In this chapter, look for the answers to these questions: What kinds of questions does economics
- 3. TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS What Economics Is All About Scarcity: the limited nature of society’s resources
- 4. The principles of HOW PEOPLE MAKE DECISIONS
- 5. TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS HOW PEOPLE MAKE DECISIONS All decisions involve tradeoffs. Examples: Going to a
- 6. TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS HOW PEOPLE MAKE DECISIONS Society faces an important tradeoff: efficiency vs. equality
- 7. TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS HOW PEOPLE MAKE DECISIONS Making decisions requires comparing the costs and benefits
- 8. TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS HOW PEOPLE MAKE DECISIONS Examples: The opportunity cost of… …going to college
- 9. TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS HOW PEOPLE MAKE DECISIONS Rational people systematically and purposefully do the best
- 10. TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS
- 11. TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS HOW PEOPLE MAKE DECISIONS Examples: When a student considers whether to go
- 12. TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS HOW PEOPLE MAKE DECISIONS Incentive: something that induces a person to act,
- 13. You are selling your 1996 Mustang. You have already spent $1000 on repairs. At the last
- 14. Cost of fixing transmission = $600 A. Blue book value is $6500 if transmission works, $5700
- 15. Observations: The $1000 you previously spent on repairs is irrelevant. What matters is the cost and
- 16. The principles of HOW PEOPLE INTERACT
- 17. TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS HOW PEOPLE INTERACT Rather than being self-sufficient, people can specialize in producing
- 18. TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS HOW PEOPLE INTERACT Market: a group of buyers and sellers (need not
- 19. TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS HOW PEOPLE INTERACT A market economy allocates resources through the decentralized decisions
- 20. TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS HOW PEOPLE INTERACT The invisible hand works through the price system: The
- 21. TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS HOW PEOPLE INTERACT Important role for govt: enforce property rights (with police,
- 22. TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS HOW PEOPLE INTERACT Market failure: when the market fails to allocate society’s
- 23. TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS HOW PEOPLE INTERACT Govt may alter market outcome to promote equity If
- 24. In each of the following situations, what is the government’s role? Does the government’s intervention improve
- 25. The principles of HOW THE ECONOMY AS A WHOLE WORKS
- 26. TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS HOW THE ECONOMY AS A WHOLE WORKS Huge variation in living standards
- 27. TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS HOW THE ECONOMY AS A WHOLE WORKS The most important determinant of
- 28. TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS HOW THE ECONOMY AS A WHOLE WORKS Inflation: increases in the general
- 29. TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS HOW THE ECONOMY AS A WHOLE WORKS In the short-run (1 –
- 30. TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS FYI: How to Read Your Textbook 1. Read before class. You’ll get
- 31. TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS FYI: How to Read Your Textbook 3. Test yourself. Try the “Quick
- 32. TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS FYI: How to Read Your Textbook 5. Go online. The book comes
- 33. TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS FYI: How to Read Your Textbook 7. Teach someone. The best way
- 34. CHAPTER SUMMARY The principles of decision making are: People face tradeoffs. The cost of any action
- 35. CHAPTER SUMMARY The principles of interactions among people are: Trade can be mutually beneficial. Markets are
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