Final Exam Study Guide Flashcards
Define Scarcity
Explain the basic concept of “There is No Such Thing As a Free Lunch”
What are the basic questions of Economics?
Name the four Factors of production
Explain the difference between a capital and a consumer good
Explain the difference between a durable and nondurable goods
Explain concepts around value(Paradox of Value)
Give important notes on the concept of “utility”
Give important notes on the critical book The Wealth of Nations
Give details on the concept of the “division of labor”
Define Trade-Offs
Define Opportunity Costs
Be able to identify a production Possibilities Frontier diagram
Give Examples of traditional economies
Explain a few key characteristics of command economies
Name a few examples of command economies over the ages
How are decisions made in a market economy?
Describe “Capitalism”
Name a few ways in which the US is a mixed economy
Give a few key details on the thoughts and ideas of Karl Marx
Compare and contrast John Maynard Keynes vs. Milton Friedman
Explain Monopolistic competition
Give examples of oligopolies
What US law is associated with the beginnings of regulating monopolies
Explain Comparative advantage
Identify (draw) a demand curve
Explain the marginal utility and diminishing marginal utility
Explain Substitute goods
Explain complementary goods
Explain demand elasticity
Identify (draw) a supply curve
Give details on surpluses
Be able to identify (draw) Equilibrium price/Market Equilibrium on a chart
Explain a few details of GDP
Explain per capita GDP
What is the difference between nominal and real GDP
What is the business cycle exactly
Identify the business cycle on a chart
Explain Recessions