Chapter 2 Flashcards
What do firms/businesses do?
Produce goods and services using factors of production( labor, land, and capital)
HouseHolds
Owns factors of products and consumes goods and services
Who buys and sells in markets for goods and services
Househould buys and firms sells to households
Who buys and sells in market for factors and products
Firms buys factors of productions and households sell their factor of production
Microeconimcs
Study of house households and firms interact with each other
Macroeconimcs
Study of overall economics in a society
Normative Analysis
Makes a claim how the world ought to be. Relies on personal values
Example: We ought to end homelessness
Positive Analysis
Describes the world as is and relies on data.
Example: Minimum wage laws causes uneployment