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Circular flow diagram

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views the economy as consisting of households and firms interacting in a goods and services market and a labor market

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Command economy

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economic decisions are passed down from government authority and where resources are owned by the government

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Economics

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the study of how humans make choices under conditions of scarcity

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Economies of scale

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when the average cost of producing each individual unit declines as total output increases

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Fiscal policies

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economic policies that involve government spending and taxes

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Globalization

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the trend in which buying and selling in markets have increasingly crossed national borders

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Goods and services market

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firms are sellers of what they produce and households are buyers

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Exports

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goods and services made domestically and sold abroad

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Gross domestic product (GDP)

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measure of the size of total production in an economy

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Imports

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products made abroad and then sold domestically

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Labor market

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households sell their labor as workers to business firms or other employers

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Macroeconomics

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focuses on broad issues such as growth, unemployment, inflation, and trade balance

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Market

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interaction between potential buyers and sellers; combo of supply & demand

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Market economy

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economic decisions are decentralized, resources are owned by private individuals, and businesses supply goods & services based on demand

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Microeconomics

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focuses on actions of specific agents within the economy like households, workers, and business firms

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Model

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theory

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Private enterprise

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system where the means of production are owned & operated by private individuals or groups of private individuals

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Scarcity

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human wants for goods and services exceed the available supply

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Specialization

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when workers/firms focus on particular tasks for which they are well-suited within the overall production process

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Theory

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representation of an object or situation that is simplified while including enough of the key features to help us understand the object/situation

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Traditional economy

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typically an agricultural economy where things are done the same as they have always been done

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Underground economy

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market where buyers and sellers make transactions in violation of one+ governmental regulations

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Allocative efficiency

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when the mix of goods being produced represents the mix that society most desires

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Budget constraint

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all possible consumption combinations of goods that someone can afford, given the price of goods, when all income is spent; the boundary of the opportunity set

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Comparative advantage
when a country can produce a good at a lower cost in terms of other goods; or, when a country has a lower opportunity cost of production
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Invisible hand
Idea that self interested behavior by individuals can lead to positive social outcomes
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Law of diminishing marginal utility
as we consume more of a good/service, the utility we get from additional units of the good/service tend to become smaller than what we received from earlier units
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Marginal analysis
examination of decisions on the margin, meaning a little more or less from the status quo
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Normative statement
describes how the world should be, opinion
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Opportunity cost
measures cost by what is given up in exchange
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Opportunity set
all possible combos of consumption that someone can afford given the prices of goods and the individuals income
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Positive statement
statement which describes the world as it is
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Production possibilities frontier (PPF)
diagram showing the productively efficient combinations of two products that an economy can produce given the resources it has
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Productive efficiency
when it's impossible to produce more of one product without decreasing the quantity produced of another product
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Utility
satisfaction, usefulness, or value one obtains from consuming goods/services
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Ceteris paribus
holding everything else constant
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Complements
goods that are often used together so that consumption of one good tends to enhance consumption of the other
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Demand curve
graphic representation of the relationship between price and quantity demanded of a product. quantity on horizontal axis, price on vertical axis
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Demand schedule
table that shows a range of prices for a certain product and the quantity demanded at each price
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Equilibrium
the situation where quantity demanded is equal to the quantity supplied; no economic pressure from surpluses or shortages that would cause price/quantity change
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Equilibrium price
price where quantity demanded = quantity supplied
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Equilibrium quantity
quantity at which quantity demanded = quantity supplied, for a certain price level
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Excess demand
a shortage; at the existing price, the quantity demanded exceeds the quantity supplied
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Excess supply
a surplus; at the existing price, the quantity supplied exceeds the quantity demanded
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Factors of production
Land, labor, capital, entrepreneurial ability, and tech
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Inferior goods
good in which the quantity demanded falls as income rises & vice versa
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Inputs
Land, labor, capital, entrepreneurial ability, and tech
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Law of demand
common relationship that a higher price leads to a lower quantity demanded, ceteris parabis
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Law of supply
common relationship that a higher price leads to a greater quantity supplies, ceteris parabis
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Normal good
Quantity demanded rises as income rises & quantity demanded falls as income falls
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Price ceiling
legal max price
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Price control
government laws to regulate prices
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Price floor
legal minimum price
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Quantity demanded
total number of units of a product consumers are willing to purchase at a given price
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Shift in demand
when a change in some economic factor (other than price) causes a different quantity to be demanded at every price
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Shift in supply
when a change in some economic factor (other than price) causes a different quantity to be supplied at every price
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Shortage
at the existing price, the quantity demanded exceeds the quantity supplied
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Substitute
a good that can replace another to some extent, so that greater consumption of one can mean less of the other
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Supply
the relationship between price and the quantity supplied of a product
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Supply curve
a line that shows the relationship between price and quantity supplied on a graph, quantity of the horizontal axis and price on the vertical axis
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Supply schedule
table showing range of prices for a product and the quantity supplied at each price
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Surplus
at the existing price, quantity supplied exceeds the quantity demanded
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Intertemporal decision making
concept of basing decisions on expected future conditions rather than existing conditions
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Minimum wage
a price floor that makes it illegal for an employer to pay employees less than a certain hourly rate
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What kind of resource is an arrowhead?
Capital (also tech)
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Why would a company be producing inside the PPF curve?
unemployment, inefficiency, & discrimination
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Margin/Marginal
1 increment more
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Why is the PPF curved?
the law of increasing opportunity cost / diminishing marginal returns
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What are some pitfalls to sound reasoning?
bias, loaded terminology, fallacy of composition (stereotyping, general assumptions), post hoc fallacy (false cause)
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What are some determinants of demand?
tastes & preferences, income, price/availability of complement/substitute goods, and # of buyers

macroecon (4 decks)

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