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2 - 1Copyright McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2005
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The Economizing
Problem2C H A P T E R
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THE FOUNDATION OF ECONOMICS
SOCIETY HAS VIRTUALLYUNLIMITED WANTS...
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BUT LIMITED OR SCARCEPRODUCTIVE RESOURCES!
SOCIETY HAS VIRTUALLYUNLIMITED WANTS...
THE FOUNDATION OF ECONOMICS
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GOODS & SERVICES PROVIDE...
UTILITY
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LUXURIES
GOODS & SERVICES PROVIDE...
UTILITY
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LUXURIES vs. NECESSITIES
GOODS & SERVICES PROVIDE...
UTILITY
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PROPERTY RESOURCES
LAND
SCARCE RESOURCESECONOMIC RESOURCES
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PROPERTY RESOURCES
LAND
CAPITAL
SCARCE RESOURCESECONOMIC RESOURCES
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PROPERTY RESOURCES
LAND
CAPITAL
SCARCE RESOURCESECONOMIC RESOURCES
Notes...
INVESTMENT
FINANCIALCAPITAL
REALCAPITAL
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PROPERTY RESOURCES
LAND
CAPITAL
HUMAN RESOURCES
SCARCE RESOURCESECONOMIC RESOURCES
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PROPERTY RESOURCES
LAND
CAPITAL
HUMAN RESOURCES
LABOR
SCARCE RESOURCESECONOMIC RESOURCES
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PROPERTY RESOURCES
LAND
CAPITAL
HUMAN RESOURCES
LABOR
ENTREPRENEURIAL ABILITY
SCARCE RESOURCESECONOMIC RESOURCES
Also knownas the
InputFactors ofProduction
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ENTREPRENEURIAL ABILITY
Takes The InitiativeMakes Strategic Business Decisions Innovator
The Risk Bearer
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RESOURCE PAYMENTS
RENTALINCOME
INTERESTINCOME
WAGESPROFIT &
LOSS
PROPERTY RESOURCES
LAND
CAPITAL
HUMAN RESOURCES
LABOR
ENTREPRENEUR
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Productive Efficiency
Full Employment
Full Production
Allocative Efficiency
ECONOMICS & EFFICIENCY
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PRODUCTION POSSIBILITIES
Assumes...Full Employment
and ProductiveEfficiency
Fixed ResourcesFixed TechnologyTwo Goods
for example...
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PRODUCTION POSSIBILITIES
Assumes...Full Employment
and ProductiveEfficiency
Fixed ResourcesFixed TechnologyTwo Goods
for example...
PIZZA
A Consumer Good
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Two Goods
Fixed ResourcesFixed Technology
Assumes...Full Employment
and ProductiveEfficiency
PRODUCTION POSSIBILITIES
for example...
Robots
A Capital Good
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Using all of our resources, to get some pizza, we must give
up some robots!for example...
What if we could only produce ...10,000 Robots
or
400,000 Pizzas
PRODUCTION POSSIBILITIES
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PIZZA 0 1 2 3 4(in hundred thousands)
ROBOTS 10 9 7 4 0(in thousands)
in table form
PRODUCTION POSSIBILITIES
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PIZZA 0 1 2 3 4(in hundred thousands)
ROBOTS 10 9 7 4 0(in thousands)
in table form
graphical formR
ob
ots
(th
ou
san
ds)
Pizzas (hundred thousands)
PRODUCTION POSSIBILITIES
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PIZZA 0 1 2 3 4(in hundred thousands)
ROBOTS 10 9 7 4 0(in thousands)
in table form
graphical formR
ob
ots
(th
ou
san
ds)
Pizzas (hundred thousands)
PRODUCTION POSSIBILITIES
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PIZZA 0 1 2 3 4(in hundred thousands)
ROBOTS 10 9 7 4 0(in thousands)
in table form
graphical formR
ob
ots
(th
ou
san
ds)
Pizzas (hundred thousands)
PRODUCTION POSSIBILITIES
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PIZZA 0 1 2 3 4(in hundred thousands)
ROBOTS 10 9 7 4 0(in thousands)
in table form
graphical formR
ob
ots
(th
ou
san
ds)
Pizzas (hundred thousands)
PRODUCTION POSSIBILITIES
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PIZZA 0 1 2 3 4(in hundred thousands)
ROBOTS 10 9 7 4 0(in thousands)
in table form
graphical formR
ob
ots
(th
ou
san
ds)
Pizzas (hundred thousands)
PRODUCTION POSSIBILITIES
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PIZZA 0 1 2 3 4(in hundred thousands)
ROBOTS 10 9 7 4 0(in thousands)
in table form
graphical formR
ob
ots
(th
ou
san
ds)
Pizzas (hundred thousands)
PRODUCTION POSSIBILITIES
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At any point in time, a full-employment, full-production economy must sacrifice some of product X to obtain more of product Y.
PRODUCTION POSSIBILITIESLimited Resources meansa limited output...
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Ro
bo
ts (t
ho
usa
nd
s)
Pizzas (hundred thousands)
1413121110 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
A B
C
D
E
W
Attainablebut
Inefficient
Unattainable
Attainable& Efficient
PRODUCTION POSSIBILITIES
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Q
Ro
bo
ts (t
ho
usa
nd
s)
Pizzas (hundred thousands)
1413121110 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
A B
C
D
E
W
Attainablebut
Inefficient
Unattainable
Attainable& Efficient
PRODUCTION POSSIBILITIES
Notes...
The amount of other products that must beforgone or sacrificed to obtain 1 unit of a specific product is called the opportunity cost of that good.
LAW OF INCREASINGOPPORTUNITY COSTS
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Ro
bo
ts
Ro
bo
ts (t
ho
usa
nd
s)(t
ho
usa
nd
s)
Pizzas Pizzas (hundred thousands)(hundred thousands)
14141313121211111010 99 88 77 66 55 44 33 22 11
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 81 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
A B
C
D
E
W
Attainablebut
Inefficient
UnattainableUnattainable
AttainableAttainable& Efficient& Efficient
PRODUCTION POSSIBILITIES
Notes...LAW OF INCREASINGOPPORTUNITY COSTS
A graph of the production possibilities curve will be CONCAVE - bowed out from the origin.
Economic resources arenot completely adapt-able to other uses.
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P
Q
Mar
gin
al B
enef
it &
Co
st
Quantity of Pizzas
$15
10
5
1 2 3
PRODUCTION POSSIBILITIES
MC
MB
Allocative Efficiency: MB=MC
MB=MC
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Q
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1413121110 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
U
Unemployment &Underemployment Shown by Point U
More of either orboth is possible
PRODUCTION POSSIBILITIES
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U
Unemployment &Underemployment Shown by Point U
More of either orboth is possible
PRODUCTION POSSIBILITIES
Notes...Economic Growth
The ability to producea larger total output -a rightward shift of the production possibilities curve caused by...
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U
Unemployment &Underemployment Shown by Point U
More of either orboth is possible
PRODUCTION POSSIBILITIES
Notes...Economic Growth1 – Increase in
resource supplies
2 – Better resource quality
3 – Technological advances
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Q
Q
Ro
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1413121110 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
A’
B’
C’
D’
E’
PRODUCTION POSSIBILITIES
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Two Examples of Economic GrowthALTA - FAVORS
PRESENT GOODS
Goods for the Present
Go
od
s fo
r th
e F
utu
reG
oo
ds
for
the
Fu
ture CURRENT
CURVE
FUTURECURVE
CONSUMPTION
PRODUCTION POSSIBILITIES
Alta
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Two Examples of Economic GrowthALTA - FAVORS
PRESENT GOODSZORN - FAVORSFUTURE GOODS
Goods for the Present
Go
od
s fo
r th
e F
utu
re CURRENTCURVE
FUTURECURVE
CONSUMPTION
Goods for the Present
Go
od
s fo
r th
e F
utu
re
FUTURECURVE
CONSUMPTION
CURRENTCURVE
PRODUCTION POSSIBILITIES
Alta Zorn
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Applications...• Unemployment and
Productive Inefficiency
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Applications...• Unemployment and
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Applications...• Unemployment and
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Possibilities Curves
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ECONOMIC SYSTEMS
THE MARKET SYSTEMPure Capitalism Laissez-faire
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ECONOMIC SYSTEMS
THE MARKET SYSTEMPure Capitalism Laissez-faire
THE COMMAND SYSTEMSocialismCommunism
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CIRCULAR FLOW MODEL
BUSINESSES HOUSEHOLDS
RESOURCEMARKET
PRODUCTMARKET
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BUSINESSES HOUSEHOLDS
RESOURCEMARKET
RESOURCES INPUTS
PRODUCTMARKET
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BUSINESSES HOUSEHOLDS
RESOURCEMARKET
RESOURCES INPUTS
$ COSTS $ INCOMES
GOODS &GOODS &SERVICESSERVICES
GOODS &GOODS &SERVICESSERVICES
PRODUCTMARKET
CIRCULAR FLOW MODEL
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BUSINESSES HOUSEHOLDS
RESOURCEMARKET
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$ COSTS $ INCOMES
PRODUCTMARKET
GOODS &SERVICES
GOODS &SERVICES
CIRCULAR FLOW MODEL
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BUSINESSES HOUSEHOLDS
RESOURCEMARKET
RESOURCES INPUTS
$ COSTS $ INCOMES
PRODUCTMARKET
GOODS &SERVICES
GOODS &SERVICES
$ CONSUMPTION$ REVENUE
CIRCULAR FLOW MODEL
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CIRCULAR FLOW MODEL
BUSINESSES HOUSEHOLDS
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RESOURCES INPUTS
$ COSTS $ INCOMES
PRODUCTMARKET
GOODS &SERVICES
GOODS &SERVICES
$ CONSUMPTION$ REVENUE
economizing problemeconomic resourceslandcapitalinvestmentlaborentrepreneurial abilityfactors of productionfull employmentfull productionproductive efficiencyallocative efficiencyconsumer goodscapital goods
production possibilities tableproduction possibilities curveopportunity costlaw of increasing opportunity costseconomic growtheconomic systemmarket systemcapitalismcommand system resource marketproduct marketcircular flow model
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INDIVIDUAL MARKETS:
DEMAND & SUPPLY
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