Chapter 2 Flashcards
A graph that shows the combinations of output that the economy can possibly produce given the available factors of production and the available production technology
Production Possibilities frontier
Visual model of the economy that shows how dollars flow through markets among households and firms
Circular-flow diagram
The study of how households and firms make decisions and how they interact in markets
Microeconomics
The study of economy-wide phenomena, including inflation, unemployment, and economic growth
Macroeconomics
Claims that attempt to describe the world as it is
Positive statements
Claims that attempt to prescribe how the world should be
Normative statements
What are the two markets?
Goods and services and Factors of production
Households are buyers, firms are sellers
Market for Goods and Services
Households are sellers, firms are buyers
Markets for Factors of Production