CHAPTER ONE Flashcards
(44 cards)
Factors of Production
Land, labor, capital
What does the market decide?
What, how, when
Factors of Production
Land, labor, capital, entrepreneurship
Cateris paribus assumption?
All other things being equal
Positive statements?
Concerned with the facts and what actually is happening, or what actually will happen.
Normative statements?
Includews opnion based words like, should, too much/little
PPC graph shows what?
Scarcity, choice, opportunity, cost and efficincy
Opportunity cost?
The loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative is chosen
Trade-off
any situation where making one choice means losing something else, usually forgoing a benefit or opportunity
Scarcity?
deals with how people satisfy unlimited wants and needs with limited resources.
What part of econ does the circular flow of income model show?
Macroeconomics
Transfer payments?
Payments to individuals are not the result of an icrease output. Ex: Unemployment benefits
In each sector of the circular flow of income model ther is a_______
One leakage and one injection
Budget deficit?
Governments are able to spend more money than they earn in taxes by borrowing money
Trade imbalances?
Countries spend more on imports than earn from exports.
Planned market/Command market?
governments control facets of economic production.
Free market?
prices are determined by unrestricted competition between privately owned businesses.
Free market cons?
- Demerit goods over provided(High prices)
- Unerprovided(Not for all, only those who can afford it)
- Overuse of resources=polution (High-profit low production cost)
- Orphan, sick, unemployed can’t take care of themself
- High firms may dominate industries, leading to high prices.
Planned market cons?
- Misallocation of resources, shortages, and surpluses
- No price system=uneffcient resources
- Hard to motivate employees who gain no profit of firm
- Loss of personal liberty and freedom
Dermit goods?
Things that are bad for people(Drugs)
Merit goods?
Things good for people(Education & Healthcare)
Capital goods?
Tools of the trade
Consumer goods?
goods bought and used by consumers
Human capital?
Knowledge