a social science that is primarily concerned with how resources are used and choices
What are three factors of production?
land, labor, capital
What does A represent?
Underutilized - not utilizing resources
the flow of money and goods and services in a capitalist economy
Circular Flow
What is the opportunity cost of going from producing 9 wines to 12 wines?
3 grains
water, food, shelter
needs
Which factor of production would a machine belong to
Capital
What does B,D,C represent?
Efficiency
In a typical circular flow diagram, what is included
(Hint: there are 4 things)
1. Product Markets, 2. Resource Markets, 3. Households, 4. Businesses
What is the opportunity cost of going from producing 40 textbooks to 70 textbooks?
4 computers
video games, movies, cars
Wants
The _________________ of a decision is the value of the next-best alternative, or what you give up by choosing one alternative over another
Opportunity Cost
What does X represent?
Impossible
True or False: firms are suppliers in both the product and factor markets
False
Give one example of a shortage caused by COVID
answers may vary
situation where quantity supplied is less than quantity demanded at a given price
Shortages
Why do we have to make choices?
supply of resources is limited
What could be a cause of X? (a certain combination of goods and services lies outside of the PPC)
Technology
True or False: Households are the demanders in the product markets and suppliers in the factor markets
True
Give one example of scarcity
water, land, oil (natural resources)
Scarcity
unlimited human wants with limited resources
What does the rightward shift on a PPC/PPF represent?
Economic Growth
True or False: Households are demanders in both the product and factor markets
False
Draw a PPC for the following data:
Cars: 50 40 25 12 0
Vans: 0 5 12 20 30