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You Can’t Always Get What You Want

But You Can Get What You Need

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Production is knowing –

What -

How - For Who -

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Factors of Production-Land- fixed

Capital- items used in service

Financial Capital- money

Labor- skill

Entrepreneurs- risk takers

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To have Value- an object must be

Scarce and

Wanted

But what gives an object its wealth?

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Wealth-accumulation of products that are:

Tangible

Scarce

Useful

Transferable

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Adam Smith- 1776

Wealth of Nations

Single job skill = production

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“Nation’s wealth is defined by the sum of its labor-produced goods, not by who owned those goods.”

“A true-free competitive market-operatingwith a minimum of government intervention would bring about the greatest good for society.”

“Laissez-faire”- government’s role

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Supply- volume for sale

Law of Supply- more is offered at ahigher price and less at a lower price

When sales slow, maximum price reached

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Demand- desire, ability and willingness tobuy a product

Law of Demand- quantity sets the price

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When demand drops, price dropsand less is produced

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Pricing Theory- similar goods for similar price

Competition keeps prices down

Buyer competition keeps prices steady

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Similar products sell within a narrow range

Prices get customers toforget minor differences

Competition

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Monopoly- one seller of a product

Natural monopoly-

Costs minimized

“Franchise” tag

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Oligopoly- dominant few

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Technological monopoly- patents

Invention- covered for 20 years

Design- covered for less time

Copyright- lifetime plus 50 years

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Macroeconomics- national economics employment, G.D.P., inflation, growth,distribution of income

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Unskilled labor- least amount of human capital invested

Semiskilled labor- work machines with minimum training

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Skilled labor- use complex equipment without

supervision

Professional labor- knowledge basededucation and managerial skills

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Theory of –Wage Determination-

Supply and demand for a worker’s skill

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Comparable worth- equal pay for equal work

Part time workers- less than 35 hrs.weekly

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Minimum Wage-

Texas- $6.55

Lowest legal wage

Does minimum wagelower the number ofpeople who have ajob?

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Minimum Wage

3% of Texas workers

1.7 million or 2.2% of U.S. workers

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Tipped employees

$2.13 per hour

If tips plus $2.13 do not equal $6.55, employer must make up the difference

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Employees under 20

May be paid $4.25 per hour for the first90 days on the job

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Stimulates consumption- more money tolow-income workers

Increases the average living standard

Creates incentive to work

Pros of minimum wage-

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More people enter the job market instead of pursuing further education

Wage increase passed on to customers

Prices unemployable out of the market

Cons of minimum wage-

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Evolution of Money

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Barter economy- goods for services

Money- a medium of exchange

Medium of exchange- something accepted by all parties

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“Salarium” – Roman salt payment formilitary service = “Salary”-

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Characteristics of Money

Portable

Durable

Divisible

Limited in supply

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Developmentof Banks

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Colonial banks issued own money

Gold or silver backing

1865 – 1,600 state banks10,000 kinds of paper currency

“Greenbacks” – federal currency

“Legal tender” – guaranteed

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“Gold Certificates” – backed by gold - 1861

“Silver Certificates” – silver backed – 1878

“Treasury Coin Notes” – 1890 – both

Gold Standard- 1900, currency backedby set price

1933- gold or certificates must declareGold Reserve Act of 1934 exchangegold certificates

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Abandoning the Gold Standard

1930s cashing in for gold

“Inconvertible fiat money standard”-Neither gold nor silver monetary standard

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Ones – 18 months

Fives- 15 months

Tens- 18 months

Twenties- 2 years

Fifties and Hundreds – 8 years

Life Span of Money

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Trade union- skilled workers, same job

Industrial union- all workers, same industry

Right to work law-Illegal to force unionmembership as term ofemployment

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Closed shop- union workers only

Union shop- membership required afteremployment