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Language English
Category Macro-Economics
Level University
Created / Updated 28.11.2016 / 26.12.2016
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Economics

studies of how societies use scare resources to produce valuable goods and services & distribute them among different individuals. Example: Gold, how to use it, what to produce based on demand. Key words: scare resources, goods & services, distribute

economic efficiency

requires that an economy produces the highest combination of quantity (Q) & quality of g&s given it scare resources & Technology. Key words: highest combo of Q & quality with scare resources & Technology

3 economic problems

Society decides(demand side): What?(input/Q) ->How?(process/how are the resources used? incl. Land, labor, capital ->For whom?(output) also affects the distribution of income & consumption of diff. Social classes

PPF

Production possibility frontier: (1) shows max. Q of goods that can be efficiently produced by an economy. (2) given it's technological knowledge and the Q of available inputs. Measurement of efficiency/ give efficiency a number.

opportunities costs

Measurement of cost based on the value of the next-best forgone alternative. what you miss while doing the current thing; we have to decide because of scare recourses & given technology. Example: now studying, missing work experience; more butter or more guns? opportunity cost of a decision = value of g&s forgone (not in amount, but kind of missed experience)

PPF shift

change from a poor to a wealthy nation (higher input or technology = Eco. Growth) E.g. with new oil founding's

frontier society

from hand-to-hand, no public goods e.g. tab water, private goods (food)

urban society

prosperous (florieren), higher income = consumption/more taxes = investment = growth

heavily economies

higher investment & higher consumption in long-term, whereas opportunity costs are high. E.g. build a university = high costs, could be spent on streets but in the long-term better educated society leads to a higher growth.

Productive efficiency

occurs when an eco cannot produce more of one good when producing more of another good.

PPF inward shift

Market fails to reflect true scarcities (water pollution by human = not same scarcity of clean water when it would be naturally given) E.g. (1) Technology forgetting (not use everything you could have) (2) bank failure (3) bankruptcy (4) reducing investments

fundamental concepts

scarcity & efficiency/free goods & economic goods/macro & micro/fallacy of composition/post hoc fallacy/ keep other things constant

key problems of economic organization

three problems/alternative eco. Systems/command vs market/laisse faire/mixed economies

choice among production possibilities

input & outputs/PPF/productive efficiency inefficiency/ opp. Costs

fallacy of composition

Assuming that what is true for part of a system is also true for the whole system. what is true for one system doesn't mean it is true for the whole system. E.g. saving and autonomy living is good = no eco. Growth if nobody spends money

post hoc fallacy

Assuming that one event causes another simply because it happens first. A causes B, because A happened first

outputs

300ds and services that result from the production process.

inputs

:commodities or services, such as land, labor, or capital that are used by firms in their production processes.

laisse faire

A market economy in which the government has almost no role, no governmental influence

micro

Branch of economics concerned with the behavior of individual entities such as markets, firms, and households. behavior of individual entities such as markets, households, firms

macro

The branch of economics concerned with the overall performance of the economy. branch concerned with the overall performance of the economy

economical goods

Goods that we value that are limited in supply

scarcity

Commodities and resources that we value are limited in supply.commodities & resources that we value are limited in supply

free economical goods

Commodities and resources that are available without limit. without limits (air)

efficiency

Using the economy's resources as effectively as possible to satisfy people's .needs .and desires..

normative economics

Involves value judgments and ethical precepts about an economy. (we have norms, values) involves value judgements and ethical perceptions about an economy

positive economics

Describes the facts and behavior of an economy.