Need vs. Want • Need- food, water, shelter • Want-all else that you desire
Goods and Services • Goods- physical objects • Services- activities done for another • What is the service in the picture? • Are there any goods?
Scarcity and the Factors of Production Scarcity-there are ALWAYS limited resources for unlimited wants
Shortage-producers can’t make enough of a good or service for consumers
Factors of Production-the stuff producers use to make goods/services Land Labor Capital Entrepreneurship
Land-(Natural Resources) ALL materials found in nature • Not just this… • But this stuff too.
Labor=Work
Capital- man made stuff USED FOR WORK! Physical Capital Human Capital
Financial Capital
Entrepreneurship • The key ingredient of production, CREATIVITY
Entrepreneurs • Start new businesses • Invent new ways of doing things • Make businesses grow • But most of all, TAKE RISKS!!!
Trade-Offs and Opportunity Cost • Trade-offs- ALL of the things we give up when we make a choice • Opportunity Cost- the NEXT BEST thing we give up when we make a choice
The Production Possibilities Frontier • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=83 m 0_p. C ky 50 • Looks like this…