Chapter 1

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Chapter 1
  1. MacroEconomics - 1)the study of the economy as a whole (mak).2) the study of the economy-wide phenomena,which includes inflation, unemployment, and economic growth (eoe)
    1. Principle 1) Efficiency - the property of society getting the most it can from its scarce resources. Equality- the property of distributing economic prosperity uniformly among members of society .(eoe)
      1. Principle 2- The Opportunity of Cost- whatever must be given up to obtain some item
        1. Principle 3- Rational People-People who systematically and purposefully do the best they can to achieve their objectives
          1. Marginal Change - a small incremental adjustment to a plan.
            1. Incentive- something that induces a person to act
              1. Market economy - when an economy allocates resources through the decentralized decisions of many firms and households as they interact in market for goods and services
                1. Property Rights - the ability of an ondividual to own and exercise control over scarce resources
                  1. Market failure - the moment n which a market left on it own to fails to aallocate resources efficently
                    1. Externaility - the impact of one's person actions on the well being of a bystander
                      1. Market power- the ability of a single economic actor ( or small economic actors) to have a substantial influence on market prices
                        1. Productivity - the quantity of goods and services produced from each unit of labor inout
                          1. Inflation - an increase in the overall level of prices in the economy
                            1. Business cycle - fluctuations in economic activity , such as employment and production
    2. Economics 1) the study of how society manages its scares resources (eoe)
      1. MicroEconomics 1)the study of how households and firms make decisions and how they interact in markets (eoe) 2) the study of individual markets and decision makers.(mak)
        1. Scarcity - the limited nature of societies resources (eoe)
      2. chapter 1 - 10 Principles of Econ (eoe)
        1. Principles 1- People Face Trade-offs - eg. trades off as a student to study or not, trade off as a parent. An economy usually makes a payment between "guns" and "butter"
          1. Economics acknowledges the trade-off's that must exist in society.
          2. Principle 2- The Cost of Something is what you give up to get it- The cost you pay is sometimes not as obvious as it seems. eg: the cost to go to college is not cost of room, food etc. But the cost of your time and earning potential time.
            1. Principle 3 Rational People think at the Margin - decisions are made because of the small but important incremental adjustments to a plan of action eg: whether to take that extra bit of food, whether an airline should look at the marginal cost
              1. Principle 4- People to respond to incentive - People respond to incentives - the rest is commentary. eg Gas prices being high and such its better to look for other means of transport, the incnetive of wearing a seat belt, the incentive of bus drivers who are paid by the hour or per pssagnger trip.
                1. Principle 5- Trade can make everyone better off - Trade competitions between countries are different from those in sports. When one side win both sides can win
                  1. Prinicple 6- Market are usually a good way to organize economic activity - allow the invisible hand of the marketplace to control the market. Communisim didn't succeed because it tried to influence the prices that the market produce.
                    1. Principle 7 - Governments can sometimes improve market outcomes - the government help to police the efficiency and equality of a countries population
                      1. Principle 8 - A country's standard of living depends on its ability to produce good and services - the level productivty of a country assist in the growth of the counrty.
                        1. Principle 9 - Prices Rise when the government prints too much money - inflation in a country can account for the some of the economic chanllenges that ,ay occur in a society
                          1. Principle 10 : Society faces a short-run tradeoff between inflation and unemployment - economics have had to agree that there is a short run trade off between inflation and unemployment
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