M1 Flashcards

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study of social behavior that guides in the allocation of scarce
resources in order to meet the unlimited needs and desires

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ECONOMICS

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seeks to understand how people interact within the social structure
to solve questions concerning production and exchange of goods and services.

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economics

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the conversion of scarce resources into desired goods and services.

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production

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refers to the natural materials/gift of nature

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land

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5
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payment for land

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rent

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the professionals, semiskilled, and unskilled

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labor

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7
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payment for labor

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salaries and wages

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refers to the factories, machines, transportation equipment, and
infrastructure that can create another product

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capital

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9
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payment of capital

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interest

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10
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the factors of production and risk taking

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entrepreneurship

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11
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intended to provide the complete production process needed

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resources

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12
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refers to the condition
where the where the quantity desired of a particular resource exceeds the quantity
available in the absence of a rationing system.

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scarcity

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13
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Rationing system includes

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-tradition and culture
-planning and central government command
-voting and political procedures
-markets

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14
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This pertains to the problem of allocation
concerning social norms, customs and history.

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tradition and culture

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15
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This refers to the use of
complex mathematical tables to determine output goals and inputs
requirements.

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Planning and central government command.

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16
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This is the communication resource
allocation among individuals through the development of a consensus or
majority rule.

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Voting and political procedures.

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This refers to using a system of prices to act as a means of
communication about the availability of resources and the desire for those
resources.

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markets

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types of Goods and services

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  • final goods and services
  • intermediate/capital goods
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Individuals to satisfy their needs and wants
directly to consume these products.

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final goods and services

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These are goods used to produce other goods

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intermediate/capital goods

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determined by nature, climate, location are
often finite

22
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determined by society and the culture in which people lives

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human wants

23
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unlimited and represent the source of the problem facing the economic system

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human wants

24
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The Scope of Economics

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  • applied science
  • Positive and Normative Science
  • Social Science
  • Art and a Science
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he separated economics from Political Economy. The scope of economics includes the definition of economics, whether economics is a science, social science and economic as an art.
Alfred Marshall
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It is application of economic principles and theories to real situations and trying to predict what the outcomes might be.
Economics as Applied Science
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acts as a mechanism to determine what steps can reasonably be taken to improve current economic situation. Example: Purchase of goods and services, usage of raw materials, and division of labor.
applied economics
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can teach valuable lessons on how to avoid the recurrence of a negative situation, or at least minimize the impact.
applied economics
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law of supply and demand law of supply and demand law of diminishing marginal utility.
applied economics
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involves value judgement or what is known as value. It is concerned with the questions of what ought to be; what is
normative economics
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is concerned with how the general price levels are determined.
positive economics
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The objective of ____________ is the establishment of scientific laws while the objective of _________ is the determination of the ideals.
positive science normative science
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Economics is the scientific study of ownership, use and exchange of scarce resources-often shortened to the science of scarcity.
Economics as Social Science
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Economics is regarded as a ____________ because it uses scientific methods to build theories that can help explain the behavior of individuals, groups, and organizations.
social science
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Economics is classified as ________ because it deals with the study of human’s life and how he lives with other man.
social science
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Economics is an ________ because different theories and laws are explained with the help of graphs, figures, tables, equations.
art
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economics make use of assumptions, which helps to define the conditions for the application of theories, laws and relationship between economic variables.
Economics as an Art and a Science
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Two Branches of Economics
microeconomics macroeconomics
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Is a division of economics that is concerned with the overall performance of the entire economy.
macroeconomics
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This studies the decision and choices of the individual units and how these decisions affect the prices of goods in the market.
microeconomics
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refers to what you have to give up to buy what you want in terms of other goods or services
opportunity costs
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a situational decision that involves diminishing or losing on quality, quantity, or property of a set or design in return for gains in other aspects
traded off
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aspects of economics
positive normative
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"people build on interdependence among people"
adam smith
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factors of production
land labor capital entrepreneurship
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what aspect is the statement of realities that can be prove/disprove - based on facts
positive economic
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what aspect of economic that can't be prove/disprove
normative economic
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questions to consider
- what to produce and how much - how to produce - for whom to produce
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what question that relate to society determine kind of quantity it will produce
what to produce and how much
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what question that relate who will produce/ machine/ workers
how to produce
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what question that relate to who will benefit
for whom to produce