Chapter 2 Flashcards
Four Productive Resources
Labor
Land/Natural Resources
Capital
Entrepreneur
Four Resource Paymments
Wages
Rent
Interest
Profit
Four Efficient Uses of Resources/Define
Full employment
-Economy should provide employment for all who are willing to work
Production efficiency
-Producing the best possible product at the least possible cost
Allocation efficiency
-Producing what people want
Distribution efficiency
-Making sure that the G/S get to the population
Opportunity cost/Reasons for Marginal Opportunity cost
Opportunity cost is the highest value alternative that must be forgone when a choice is made
The reason is because of specialization and adaptability
Economic Capital
Consists of machines, factories, and etc…
Financial Capital
Consists of bonds/stocks/cash
Production possibility curve and Assumptions
PPC is an economic model which shows the various amounts of two goods that can be produced with full employment and fix technology
Assumptions:
1) All factors of production are held constant.
2) All resources are fully employed and efficiently used.
3) The existing technology is fixed.
4) Only two goods.
Economic Growth
Key variable to it
It is the ability of the economy to produce more G/S
Technology
Two-sector circular flow diagram
A model of the flow output and income from households to businesses and vice-versa