Economic System GOALS Which goals do each system
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Economic System GOALS Which goals do each system focus on? -or. Which goals are each system better at attaining?
Analyze how each type of system… meets the broad social and economic goals of freedom, security, equity, growth, efficiency, price stability, full employment, and sustainability.
Rank ‘em! From the list at right, EFFICIENCY EQUITY FREEDOM choose what you feel are FULL EMPLOYMENT the top four goals our economy should focus on. GROWTH SECURITY Look back in your notes STABILITY from last week if you don’t SUSTAINABILITY remember what they are
GOALS SYSTEMS FOCUS ON MARKET COMMAND Freedom Growth Efficiency Sustainability Equity Security Price Stability Full Employment
FREEDOM in our system • Consumers decide what to buy (demand) • Producers decide how to produce it (supply) • The marketplace decides who gets it (price)
GROWTH in our system • Innovation and efficient use of Fo. P results in increased production/consumption at about 3% a year average
EFFICIENCY in our system • Competition and profit motive results ineffective allocation of Fo. P
SUSTAINABILITY in our system • Need for continuing growth leads to long-term thinking about use of Fo. Ps
EQUITY in our system • Increasing production benefits all “A rising tide lifts all boats. ”
SECURITY in our system • Focus on both individual responsibility (savings) and collective responsibility (welfare) for those individuals and businesses in difficult financial times
PRICE STABILITY in our system • Federal Reserve (central bank for the U. S. ) uses monetary policy to try and keep inflation around 2% NOTE: The Fed & monetary policy will be covered in Unit 7
FULL EMPLOYMENT in our system • Although it fluctuates due to the ups and downs of the economy, 5% is average. • 0% is impossible in a non-command market
- Strategic goals tactical goals operational goals
- Strategic goals tactical goals operational goals
- Free enterprise economy
- Economic growth vs economic development
- Prof. meier and baldwin
- Economics unit 1 lesson 2 difficult choices
- How are conflicts among economic goals resolved
- Market transaction example
- The rea model
- General goals and specific goals
- Examples of generic goals and product-specific goals
- Rewrite each expression with rational exponents.
- Identify each line or segment that intersects each circle