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CHAPTER INTRODUCTION SECTION 1 Scarcity and the Science of Economics SECTION 2 Basic Economic Concepts SECTION 3 Economic Choices and Decision Making CHAPTER SUMMARY CHAPTER ASSESSMENT
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Chapter Objectives
Section 1: Scarcity and the Science of Economics Explain the fundamental economic problem. Examine the three basic economic questions every society must decide.
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Chapter Objectives
Section 2: Basic Economic Concepts Explain the relationship among scarcity, value, utility, and wealth. Understand the circular flow of economic activity.
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Section 3: Economic Choices and Decision Making Analyze trade-offs and opportunity costs. Explain decision-making strategies.
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Study Guide
Main Idea
Scarcity forces us to make choices. We cant have everything we want, so we are forced to choose what we want most.
Reading Strategy
Graphic Organizer As you read the section, complete a graphic organizer like the one on page 5 of your textbook by listing and describing the three economic choices every society must make.
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Introduction
Do you think the study of economics is worth your time and effort? According to a Harris poll, a huge percentage of Americans think it is. They must know what economists know that a basic understanding of economics can help make sense of the world around us.
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Discussion Question
Why do you think scarcity is an issue with the rich as well as the poor?
It is a human trait that few people, regardless of their economic status, are satisfied with what they have.
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How might the economic decisions of a mountainous island society differ from those of a mountainous landlocked society? An island society has water resources to consider and likely a more limited population.
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Why are entrepreneurs an economys driving force?
Their abilities to start new businesses and introduce new products may reenergize a sluggish economy or strengthen a successful economy.
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Discussion Question
What makes economics a social science?
Economics is a study of human behavior because it looks at the decisions people make and how they react to those decisions.
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Section Assessment
Main Idea Using your notes from the graphic organizer activity on page 5, explain why a society must face the choices about WHAT, HOW, and FOR WHOM to produce. Choices must be made as long as wants are greater than the resources available.
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Scarcity, the condition that results from society not having enough resources to produce all the things people want, is the fundamental economic problem.
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Section Assessment
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List the three basic economic questions every society must answer.
Every society must ask what to produce, how to produce, and for whom to produce.
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The four key elements of economics are description, analysis, explanation, and prediction.
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Synthesizing Information Give an example of a supposedly free item that you see every day. Explain why the item is not really free by stating who or what actually pays for it.
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Section Close
How might the element of prediction in economics be important in your lives?
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Study Guide
Main Idea
An economic product is a good or service that is useful, relatively scarce, and exchangeable.
Reading Strategy
Graphic Organizer As you read the section, describe three different transactions that could take place in the product market. Use a web like the one on page 12 of your textbook to help you organize your answer.
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Economics, like any other social science, has its own vocabulary. To understand economics, a review of some key terms is necessary. Fortunately, most economic terms are widely used, and many will already be familiar to you.
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Discussion Question
Why do you think the United States has been called a society of consumption? Answers will vary. Students should support their opinions with examples.
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Why might a wealthy society not have as much economic staying power as another wealthy society with a highly skilled labor force? Answers will vary. Students may indicate that wealth is usually based on limited natural resources, whereas labor can produce more goods and services.
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How are landlords a part of a factor market? They provide land or property (a factor of production) to consumers in exchange for rent money, which is the landlords source of income.
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Discussion Question
How may economic interdependence be a strength of an economy? A weakness? Answers will vary. Students may indicate that the economy may gain larger, more diverse markets, leading to greater income and productivity. But the economic problems of those additional markets (customers or suppliers) may adversely affect the economys production output or customer base.
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Section Assessment
Main Idea Using your notes from the graphic organizer activity on page 12, explain the different transactions that take place in the product market. The buying and selling of goods and services, and using money from sales to produce more goods takes place in the product market.
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When productivity goes up, more output is produced with the same amount of inputs in the same amount of time.
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Making Comparisons What is the difference between a durable good and a nondurable good? A durable good lasts three or more years when used on a regular basis. A nondurable good lasts for less than three years.
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Drawing Conclusions In what way do businesses and households both supply and demand in the circular flow model? Businesses supply goods while demanding resources; households supply labor and income while demanding goods.
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Section Close
Discuss ways in which your community, state, or region specializes in the goods and services it provides. Analyze and evaluate the areas these resources come from. What makes them unique?
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Study Guide
Main Idea
Trade-offs are present whenever choices are made.
Reading Strategy
Graphic Organizer As you read this section, complete a graphic organizer similar to the one on page 19 of your textbook by explaining what you need to know to become a good decision maker.
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The process of making a choice is not always easy. Because resources are scarce, consumers need to make wise choices. To become a good decision maker, you need to know how to identify the problem and then analyze your alternatives. Finally, you have to make your choice in a way that carefully considers the costs and benefits of each possibility.
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Discussion Question
Why do you think economists believe opportunity cost is an important factor to consider in addition to monetary cost? The money, time, or resources given up when one choice is made rather than another are just as important as the monetary cost of the choice that was made.
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Production Possibilities
The production possibilities frontier diagram illustrates the concept of opportunity cost. It shows the combinations of goods and/or services that can be produced when all productive resources are used. The line on the graph represents the full potentialthe frontierwhen the economy employs all of these productive resources. Identifying possible alternatives allows an economy to examine how it can best put its limited resources into production.
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How might economic growth stimulate greater production possibilities? Answers will vary. Students may indicate that with a larger labor force, more goods and services are created; newly discovered natural resources open up new products and services.
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What behaviors and personality traits might you observe in the most successful economists? Answers will vary. Students should support their opinions with a rationale.
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What single economic goal have you set for yourself as a result of your study of economics? Answers will vary. Students must indicate an economic goal rather than an educational goal.
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Section Assessment
Main Idea Using your notes from the graphic organizer activity on page 19, explain what people try to achieve when they make decisions or trade-offs. When making economic decisions, people try to get the most value for their investment, whether it be time, money, or something else.
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All economic decisions involve tradeoffs. The opportunity cost of a choice is the cost of the next best use of money, time, or resources.
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Economists use the circular flow diagram, production possibilities frontier, and cost-benefit analysis.
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Explain why the study of economics is important to the American free enterprise system. Economic issues are an important part of many political campaigns. An understanding of the issues will help a citizen decide how to vote in an election.
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Making Generalizations Study the decision-making grid on page 20 of your textbook. Explain the advantages of using such a grid to evaluate alternatives. Such a grid helps organize and explain the various choices when decision making.
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Section Close
How might the production possibilities frontier change if new technology were applied to the production of guns but not to the production of butter?
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Productivity and investments in human capital help economic growth; investments in human capital are among the most profitable of all investments. Increases in specialization and division of labor cause more economic interdependence.
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B ___ Economic products designed to satisfy peoples wants and needs are called _____ . J ___ The _____ of a CD player can be expressed in dollars and cents. I ___ Haircuts, repairs to home appliances, and entertainment are examples of _____ . A. B. C. D. E.
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_____ arises because society does not have enough resources to produce all the things people would like to have.
G ___ The _____ of going to a football game instead of working would include the money not earned at your job. F ___ _____ is the sum of the skills, abilities, health, and motivation of people. A. capital goods F. human capital B. consumer goods G. opportunity cost C. consumers H. scarcity D. factors of production I. services E. utility J. value
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E ___ _____ is another name for the capacity of a product to be useful. A ___ The only factors of production that are themselves the result of earlier production are _____ . D Land, capital, labor, and entrepreneurs are _____ . ___ C ___ People who use goods and services to satisfy their wants and needs are called _____ . A. B. C. D. E.
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Consumers use goods and services to satisfy their wants and needs.
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because they are intangible and it is difficult to measure their value accurately
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Product markets are producers offering goods and services for sale. Factor markets are productive resources being bought and sold.
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Productivity is the efficient use of productive resources. The more efficiently productive resources are used, the greater the number of goods and services that are produced.
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the cost of the next best alternative use of money, time, or resources when one choice is made rather than another
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making a decision in small stages or steps so that the decision can be reversed without too much being lost
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Thinking Critically
Understanding Cause and Effect Suppose that Alpha, shown in Figure 1.6 on page 23, decided to produce more guns and less butter. What would Alpha have to do to make the change? What would be the opportunity cost of producing more guns? What conditions would have to be met for the new mix of guns and butter to be on the production possibilities frontier? Resources have to be shifted from guns to butter. The opportunity cost of producing more guns is the production of less butter. All of Alphas resources would have to be employed.
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Suppose that scientists invented a car that ran efficiently on water. Explain, in terms of scarcity, how this might affect the price of water. Explain, in terms of utility, how this might affect the price of gasoline. The more water that is needed, the scarcer it becomes, and so the price of water might go up. The less gasoline that is needed, the less utility it has, and so the price of gasoline might go down.
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Create a television-viewing log chronicling the number and types of economics-related items presented on the nightly news. Watch national newscasts on the networks, CNN national newscasts, and local newscasts. Record the date, the subject of the item, and the length of time devoted to the item.
Durable Goods Orders The Department of Commerces report on durable goods orders highlights the number of new orders placed with domestic manufacturers for good intended to last over three years. The report is divided into broad categories; these include defense, nondefense, and capital and noncapital goods. Noncapital goods are generally of the consumer spending variety and include automobiles and large appliances. Capital goods tend to be of the investment spending nature, while defense goods indicate government spending.
United States Leads in Entrepreneurs Just as students in the United States participate in programs on entrepreneurship, students in other countries study the same principles. In Ireland, students aged 12 to 18 can be part of the Young Entrepreneurs Programme. The purpose of the program is to encourage students to learn about starting their own businesses. Students sometimes sell their products or services to other students and sometimes to the general public. During the 19961997 school year, more than 7,000 students in 250 schools took part in the program, starting about 2,300 businesses.
Wealth in Other Cultures Personal wealth has been viewed in a variety of different ways in cultures around the world. In the past, the camel, an animal indispensable for journeys across desert regions, was a highly prized possession in many Arab countries. Wealth and social standing were measured, in part, by the number of camels a person owned.
The term conspicuous consumptionwhich means the use of a good or service to impress otherswas coined by economist and social critic Thorstein Veblen in his study The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899).
Stock Trading One area of economic activity that computers and the Internet have revolutionized is stock trading. For certain stocks, traders no longer have to use a stockbroker to buy or sell stock. Instead, using computers, they can trade directly with one another. They also use certain software programs to help them analyze stocks. Using a number of sites on the Internet, traders can keep track of stocks as they are being bought and sold, and keep track of the buyers and sellers as well.
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After viewing What Is Economics?, you should be able to: Define economics. Give an example of economic scarcity. Distinguish between needs and wants. Discuss the trade-offs involved in allocating scarce resources. Continued on next slide.
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Economic scarcity occurs when available resources are not sufficiently abundant to satisfy the total demand for them.
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Synthesizing Information Explain how Smiths ideas are evident in the workings of the American economy.
The United States has a market economy, composed of a myriad of small markets, each of which operates essentially in the way Smith described; buyers and sellers operate in their own best interests.
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