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economics

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knowledge concerned with production, consumption, and transfer of wealth

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what is econ logic

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1)people are rational: consumers want to maximize happiness
2)people respond to economic incentive
3)margin:decision making dynamically

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what three questions does any society have to face

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1)what to produce
2)how to produce it
3)who are they producing for

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what are wants bigger than in econ

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needs. in market context firms make money by giving people what they want

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what type of market does the USA have

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mixed market

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what type of market is where the government provides the goods and service

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socialism

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what is marxism

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who can own capital? basic theory of communism

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opportunity costs

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no matter how much money you have you cant have everthing, so you have to make choices which is scarcity

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opportunity cost is bascially

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what you give up

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for PPF any point on the line is

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possible/efficient

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for PPF any point inside the line is

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inefficient

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for PPF any point outside the line is

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not possible

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what does slope represent in PPF curve

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opportunity costs

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what are the two views in econ

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positive and normative

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what is a positive view in econ

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testable statements (may not be true)
-concerned with what is

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what is a normative view in econ

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this should be this way/not that way
-concerned with what ought to be

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what results from an increase in stuff

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1)econ growth 2) technlogical change 3)trade

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what is econ growth

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makes everyone better off b/c there is more stuff. Happier society. Smooth

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what is technological change

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more disruptive, less smooth compared to econ growth.

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ex of technological change

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transfer from combustion vehicles to electric cars

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what results from doing something at the lowest opportunity cost

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more stuff

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tarriffs

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importing taxes

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demand

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buying/purchasing side of the relationship

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supply

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producing/selling

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what does demand help determine
amount people want to buy not how much people buy
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what is an actual number and repreents the amount people want to buy?
quantity demanded
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what are variables that shift market demand
-income -prices of related goods -tastes -populations and demographics -expected future prices -natural disasters and pandemics
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demand curve
shows relationship between the price of a product and the quantity of the product demanded
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law of demand
inverse relationship between the price of a product and the quantity of the product demanded
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income
income that consumers have available to spend effects their willingness and ability to buy a good
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substitutes
goods and services that can be used for the same purpose
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compliments
goods and services that are used together like hot dogs and hot dog buns
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what is quantity dependent on
price of the good (price is independent)
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does demand move on a graph
no just quantity demanded
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what are variables that shift market supply
-prices of inputs -technological change -prices of related -goods in production -number of firms in the market -expected future processes -natural disasters
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law of supply
firms produce more as prices go up
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neo-classical
supply and demand are the driving force behind goods and services
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austrian
interest rates determined by opinion of how individuals spend money
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how does demand work on a graph
it is a pull, pulls things up and down
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how does supply chain work on a graph
it pushes things it s goes up P and Q go down. if s goes down P and Q go up
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what is producer surplus
selling things for more than what the firm originally intended
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surplus
too much of something
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shortage
not enough of something
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price floor
floor because price cant go under it (hitting the floor), sits higher on graph than ceiling
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price ceiling
the mandated maximum amount a seller is allowed to charge for a product or service
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consumer surplus
benefits consumer because price they are paying for product is less than what they were willing to pay
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formula for consumer/producer surplus
area of a triangle
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federal reserve
Private bank privately run (not government). It is a bankers bank or bank for banks
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reserve requirement for federal bank
20%
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save rate for federal bank
1%
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house loan rate for federal reserve
7%
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car loan rate for federal reserve
10%
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what are most of the loans done by federal reserve
house and car loans
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Federal Open Market Committee
group that dabbles in bond market: buy bonds banks and holding
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market failures
demand supply model does not hit social optimal
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causes of market failure
externalities and public goods
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what is externality
benefit or cost that affects someone who is not directly involved in the production or consumption of a good or service
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example of externality
pollution
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example of negative externality on the demand side of the makret
being able to smoke in any room
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coase theorem
face deficiencies during externalities -there are complete competitive markets with no trasnsaction costs and an efficient set of inputs and outputs an optimal decsion will be selected
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what are the two features of pure private goods
exclusive and rival
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what is exclsuive
easy mechanism to exclude someone frm having good (usually price)
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what is rival
less of something from someone else
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freerider
someone who benefits form good without putting money in
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Lindahl
if you know peoples willingness to pay, charge that amount
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consumption externalities
consuming a good causes either a positive or negative externality to a third party
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elasticity
measure the responsiveness of quantity demanded and quantity supplied to changes in market price
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does time make something more elastic
yes, more options after more time
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does the availability of substitutes impact elasticity
yes, more substitutes, more elastic
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does budget impact elasticity
yes, smaller share of an item in one's budget ,more price inelastic demand is likely to be
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price elasticity of demand formula
% change in quantity demanded/% change in price
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demand is elastic
QD is responsive to changes in price, % change in quantity demanded will be greater than % change in price, and price elasticity of demand is greater than the absolute value of 1
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unit elastic
if price elasticity is equal to 1
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does more elasticity increase surplus
yes

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