Econ Flashcards

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Economy

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How society produces exchanges and consumes goods and resources

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2
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Absolute scarsity

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Not having enough resources

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3
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Economic Scarsity

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People have infinite wants

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4
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Commodities

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Satisfies peoples wants and desires

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5
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4 resource types

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Labor
Land
Capital
Entreprenurship

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6
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4 Types of compensation

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Labor=wages
Land=rent
Capital=interest
Entrepreneurship=profits

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7
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Noraml profits

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need to be earned to stay in buisness

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8
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3 Econ agents

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Households
Firms
Goverment

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9
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Market

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Voluntary exchange between buyer and seller of goods/resources

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10
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Technical efficiency

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Efficient use of resources when producing goods

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11
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Allocative efficency

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Efficient allocation of societys scarce resources

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12
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4 questions economist must answer

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What will be made?
How much will be made?
How to produce?
Who for?

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13
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Methods of allocating resources

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Prices

competitive markets

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14
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Dollar Vote

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Every time you buy something

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15
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Equity

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Distribution of income in the economy

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16
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Transfer payment

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Money without work

17
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Consumer Price index

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Measures prices the economy

18
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Economic growth

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refers to the increase in the nations income and output

19
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Microeconomic

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study of allocation and scarce resources, and distribution of income

20
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Abstraction

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Ignoring many details to focus on the most important element of a problem.

21
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Positive statment

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deals in fact

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Normative statement

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Deals on opinion

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Production possibility cost

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Shows the maximum alternative combination of two goods

24
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Market prices preform 4 functions

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  1. Determine resources allocation
  2. give consumer & suppliers an idea of value of goods
  3. Prices provide info about future
  4. market prices provide incentive
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``` Px Yc Nc Tc Ps Pc YD Ec ```
``` Price of goods Income of consumers # of consumers Tast and preference Price of substitue Price of compliment income distribution expectation of consumers ```
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Single market demand function
Tells us the quantity consumers are willing and able to buy
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Utility
Satisfaction that a consumer receives
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Total utility
Total satisfaction received from a certain quantity of goods.
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Marginal utility
Extra utility brought about by and additoin of one more
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Income effect
Price increase of good will decrease realitive income.
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Veblin
Speical if owned
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Giffen
People are extremly poor, potato.
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Normal good
if a consumer income increases demand for this good increase