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![Economics is the study of choices. Economists study choices because wants exceed resources. Only Economics is the study of choices. Economists study choices because wants exceed resources. Only](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/4d978f3a38835c5bea8d44bc53e638f6/image-2.jpg)
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![How People Make Decisions Principle 1: People face trade-offs • Making decisions – Trade How People Make Decisions Principle 1: People face trade-offs • Making decisions – Trade](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/4d978f3a38835c5bea8d44bc53e638f6/image-4.jpg)
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![How People Make Decisions Principle 3: Rational people think at the margin • Rational How People Make Decisions Principle 3: Rational people think at the margin • Rational](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/4d978f3a38835c5bea8d44bc53e638f6/image-7.jpg)
![How People Make Decisions • Marginal benefits – Additional benefits • Marginal costs – How People Make Decisions • Marginal benefits – Additional benefits • Marginal costs –](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/4d978f3a38835c5bea8d44bc53e638f6/image-8.jpg)
![How People Make Decisions Principle 4: People respond to incentives • Incentive – Something How People Make Decisions Principle 4: People respond to incentives • Incentive – Something](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/4d978f3a38835c5bea8d44bc53e638f6/image-9.jpg)
![How People Interact Principle 5: Trade can make everyone better off • Trade – How People Interact Principle 5: Trade can make everyone better off • Trade –](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/4d978f3a38835c5bea8d44bc53e638f6/image-10.jpg)
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![How People Interact • Disparities in economic wellbeing – Market economy rewards people • How People Interact • Disparities in economic wellbeing – Market economy rewards people •](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/4d978f3a38835c5bea8d44bc53e638f6/image-17.jpg)
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![How the Economy as a Whole Works • Short-run trade-off between unemployment and inflation How the Economy as a Whole Works • Short-run trade-off between unemployment and inflation](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/4d978f3a38835c5bea8d44bc53e638f6/image-22.jpg)
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![Ten Principles of Economics Power Point Slides prepared by Andreea CHIRITESCU Eastern Illinois University Ten Principles of Economics Power. Point Slides prepared by: Andreea CHIRITESCU Eastern Illinois University](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/4d978f3a38835c5bea8d44bc53e638f6/image-1.jpg)
Ten Principles of Economics Power. Point Slides prepared by: Andreea CHIRITESCU Eastern Illinois University © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or otherwise on a password-protected website for classroom use. 1
![Economics is the study of choices Economists study choices because wants exceed resources Only Economics is the study of choices. Economists study choices because wants exceed resources. Only](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/4d978f3a38835c5bea8d44bc53e638f6/image-2.jpg)
Economics is the study of choices. Economists study choices because wants exceed resources. Only people make choices. We are interested in why people make the choices that they make. We are also interested in how they can improve on the choices that they make. © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or otherwise on a password-protected website for classroom use.
![Ten Principles of Economics Economists study How people make decisions How Ten Principles of Economics • Economists study: – How people make decisions – How](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/4d978f3a38835c5bea8d44bc53e638f6/image-3.jpg)
Ten Principles of Economics • Economists study: – How people make decisions – How people interact with one another – Analyze forces and trends that affect the economy as a whole © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or otherwise on a password-protected website for classroom use. 3
![How People Make Decisions Principle 1 People face tradeoffs Making decisions Trade How People Make Decisions Principle 1: People face trade-offs • Making decisions – Trade](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/4d978f3a38835c5bea8d44bc53e638f6/image-4.jpg)
How People Make Decisions Principle 1: People face trade-offs • Making decisions – Trade off one goal against another – Student – time – Parents – income – Society • National defense vs. consumer goods • Clean environment vs. high level of income • Efficiency vs. equality © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or otherwise on a password-protected website for classroom use. 4
![How People Make Decisions Efficiency Society getting the most it can from How People Make Decisions • Efficiency – Society getting the most it can from](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/4d978f3a38835c5bea8d44bc53e638f6/image-5.jpg)
How People Make Decisions • Efficiency – Society getting the most it can from its scarce resources – Size of the economic pie • Equality – Distributing economic prosperity uniformly among the members of society – How the pie is divided into individual slices © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or otherwise on a password-protected website for classroom use. 5
![How People Make Decisions Principle 2 The cost of something is what you give How People Make Decisions Principle 2: The cost of something is what you give](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/4d978f3a38835c5bea8d44bc53e638f6/image-6.jpg)
How People Make Decisions Principle 2: The cost of something is what you give up to get it • People face trade-offs – Make decisions • Compare cost with benefits of alternatives • Opportunity cost – Whatever must be given up to obtain one item © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or otherwise on a password-protected website for classroom use. 6
![How People Make Decisions Principle 3 Rational people think at the margin Rational How People Make Decisions Principle 3: Rational people think at the margin • Rational](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/4d978f3a38835c5bea8d44bc53e638f6/image-7.jpg)
How People Make Decisions Principle 3: Rational people think at the margin • Rational people – Systematically & purposefully do the best they can to achieve their objectives • Marginal changes – Small incremental adjustments to a plan of action © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or otherwise on a password-protected website for classroom use. 7
![How People Make Decisions Marginal benefits Additional benefits Marginal costs How People Make Decisions • Marginal benefits – Additional benefits • Marginal costs –](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/4d978f3a38835c5bea8d44bc53e638f6/image-8.jpg)
How People Make Decisions • Marginal benefits – Additional benefits • Marginal costs – Additional costs • Rational decision maker – Take action only if: – Marginal benefits > Marginal costs © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or otherwise on a password-protected website for classroom use. 8
![How People Make Decisions Principle 4 People respond to incentives Incentive Something How People Make Decisions Principle 4: People respond to incentives • Incentive – Something](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/4d978f3a38835c5bea8d44bc53e638f6/image-9.jpg)
How People Make Decisions Principle 4: People respond to incentives • Incentive – Something that induces a person to act – Higher price • Buyers - consume less • Sellers - produce more – Public policy • Change costs or benefits • Change people’s behavior © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or otherwise on a password-protected website for classroom use. 9
![How People Interact Principle 5 Trade can make everyone better off Trade How People Interact Principle 5: Trade can make everyone better off • Trade –](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/4d978f3a38835c5bea8d44bc53e638f6/image-10.jpg)
How People Interact Principle 5: Trade can make everyone better off • Trade – Allows each person to specialize in the activities he or she does best – Enjoy a greater variety of goods and services at lower cost – This is true for individuals, companies and countries. © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or otherwise on a password-protected website for classroom use. 10
![How People Interact Principle 6 Markets are usually a good way to organize economic How People Interact Principle 6: Markets are usually a good way to organize economic](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/4d978f3a38835c5bea8d44bc53e638f6/image-11.jpg)
How People Interact Principle 6: Markets are usually a good way to organize economic activity • Communist countries – central planning – Government officials (central planners) • Allocate economy’s scarce resources – What goods & services were produced – How much was produced – Who produced & consumed these goods & services © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or otherwise on a password-protected website for classroom use. 11
![How People Interact Market economy allocates resources Through decentralized decisions of How People Interact • Market economy - allocates resources – Through decentralized decisions of](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/4d978f3a38835c5bea8d44bc53e638f6/image-12.jpg)
How People Interact • Market economy - allocates resources – Through decentralized decisions of many firms and households – As they interact in markets for goods and services – Guided by prices and self interest © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or otherwise on a password-protected website for classroom use. 12
![How People Interact Adam Smiths invisible hand Households and firms interacting in How People Interact • Adam Smith’s “invisible hand” – Households and firms interacting in](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/4d978f3a38835c5bea8d44bc53e638f6/image-13.jpg)
How People Interact • Adam Smith’s “invisible hand” – Households and firms interacting in markets • Act as if they are guided by an “invisible hand” • Leads them to desirable market outcomes – Corollary: Government intervention • Prevents the invisible hand’s ability to coordinate the decisions of the households and firms that make up the economy © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or otherwise on a password-protected website for classroom use. 13
![How People Interact Principle 7 Governments can sometimes improve market outcomes We need How People Interact Principle 7: Governments can sometimes improve market outcomes • We need](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/4d978f3a38835c5bea8d44bc53e638f6/image-14.jpg)
How People Interact Principle 7: Governments can sometimes improve market outcomes • We need government – Enforce rules and maintain institutions • Enforce property rights – Promote efficiency • Avoid market failure – Promote equality • Avoid disparities in economic wellbeing © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or otherwise on a password-protected website for classroom use. 14
![How People Interact Property rights Ability of an individual to own and How People Interact • Property rights – Ability of an individual to own and](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/4d978f3a38835c5bea8d44bc53e638f6/image-15.jpg)
How People Interact • Property rights – Ability of an individual to own and exercise control over scarce resources • Market failure – Situation in which the market on its own fails to produce an efficient allocation of resources © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or otherwise on a password-protected website for classroom use. 15
![How People Interact Causes for market failure Externality Impact of one How People Interact • Causes for market failure • Externality – Impact of one](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/4d978f3a38835c5bea8d44bc53e638f6/image-16.jpg)
How People Interact • Causes for market failure • Externality – Impact of one person’s actions on the wellbeing of a bystander • Market power – Ability of a single economic actor (or small group of actors) to have a substantial influence on market prices © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or otherwise on a password-protected website for classroom use. 16
![How People Interact Disparities in economic wellbeing Market economy rewards people How People Interact • Disparities in economic wellbeing – Market economy rewards people •](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/4d978f3a38835c5bea8d44bc53e638f6/image-17.jpg)
How People Interact • Disparities in economic wellbeing – Market economy rewards people • According to their ability to produce things that other people are willing to pay for – Government intervention: Public policies • May diminish inequality • Process far from perfect © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or otherwise on a password-protected website for classroom use. 17
![How the Economy as a Whole Works Principle 8 A countrys standard of living How the Economy as a Whole Works Principle 8: A country’s standard of living](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/4d978f3a38835c5bea8d44bc53e638f6/image-18.jpg)
How the Economy as a Whole Works Principle 8: A country’s standard of living depends on its ability to produce goods and services • Large differences in living standards – Among countries – Over time • Explanation: differences in productivity © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or otherwise on a password-protected website for classroom use. 18
![How the Economy as a Whole Works Productivity Quantity of goods and How the Economy as a Whole Works • Productivity – Quantity of goods and](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/4d978f3a38835c5bea8d44bc53e638f6/image-19.jpg)
How the Economy as a Whole Works • Productivity – Quantity of goods and services produced from each unit of labor input – Higher productivity • Higher standard of living – Growth rate of nation’s productivity • Determines growth rate of its average income © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or otherwise on a password-protected website for classroom use. 19
![How the Economy as a Whole Works Principle 9 Prices rise when the government How the Economy as a Whole Works Principle 9: Prices rise when the government](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/4d978f3a38835c5bea8d44bc53e638f6/image-20.jpg)
How the Economy as a Whole Works Principle 9: Prices rise when the government prints too much money • Inflation – An increase in the overall level of prices in the economy • Causes for large / persistent inflation – Growth in quantity of money • Value of money falls © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or otherwise on a password-protected website for classroom use. 20
![How the Economy as a Whole Works Principle 10 Society faces a shortrun trade How the Economy as a Whole Works Principle 10: Society faces a short-run trade](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/4d978f3a38835c5bea8d44bc53e638f6/image-21.jpg)
How the Economy as a Whole Works Principle 10: Society faces a short-run trade -off between inflation and unemployment • Short-run effects of monetary injections: – Stimulates the overall level of spending • Higher demand for goods and services – Firms – raise prices; hire more workers; produce more goods and services – Lower unemployment © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or otherwise on a password-protected website for classroom use. 21
![How the Economy as a Whole Works Shortrun tradeoff between unemployment and inflation How the Economy as a Whole Works • Short-run trade-off between unemployment and inflation](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/4d978f3a38835c5bea8d44bc53e638f6/image-22.jpg)
How the Economy as a Whole Works • Short-run trade-off between unemployment and inflation – Key role – analysis of business cycle • Business cycle – Fluctuations in economic activity • Employment • Production © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or otherwise on a password-protected website for classroom use. 22
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Table 1 Ten Principles of Economics © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or otherwise on a password-protected website for classroom use. 23
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