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Modern PrinciplesModern PrinciplesMicroeconomicsMicroeconomics
Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok
See the Invisible HandUnderstand Your World
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The RomanceThe Romance
Roses in February in Chicago. Quite incredible. Where do the Roses come from? Not from nearby greenhouses!
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Bloemenveiling photo by Wilfried Overwater.
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Markets are CooperativeMarkets are Cooperative
A rose is a truly international product. The market for roses links romantic Americans with
South American flower growers, Dutch clocks, Finnish cell phones, Colombian coffee (to keep the pilots awake) and much more.
Hundreds of thousands of people from Ecuador to Chicago cooperated to bring the rose to our handsome young man and they did so voluntarily, on the basis of self interest, and without central direction - this is the invisible hand in action.
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Markets are CreativeMarkets are Creative
When oil was cheap roses were grown in heated greenhouses in NY and PA.
A rising price of oil in the 1970s was a signal to entrepreneurs to look for ways to use less oil so they could reduce the costs of growing roses.
Entrepreneurs discovered that transporting millions of roses thousands of miles was cheaper and greener (!) than growing them locally so rose production moved to Ecuador, Colombia, Kenya, Thailand and other countries with warmer climates.
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Markets are ConnectedMarkets are Connected
Markets are connected in a complex web.
When one price changes every other price responds as entrepreneurs recalculate and reconfigure to help solve the “great economic problem” of producing as many valuable goods as possible from our limited resources.
Map of the World Wide Web(Barrett Lyon OPTE Project)
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Modern Principles: The RoseModern Principles: The Rose
The rose is a symbol of worldwide cooperation.
The story of the rose demonstrates the power of trade and the creativity of entrepreneurs as they respond to the dual role of prices as signals and incentives.
The rose illustrates the invisible hand – how markets generate cooperation and coordination around the world.
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The Role of PricesThe Role of Prices
A Price is a SignalWrapped Up
in an Incentive
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Understanding the Price System Understanding the Price System
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Understanding the Price System Understanding the Price System With Price ControlsWith Price Controls
1. Shortages2. Reductions in
product quality.3. Wasteful lines and
other search costs4. Loss of gains from
trade5. Misallocation of
resources
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Understanding the Price SystemUnderstanding the Price Systemwith Price Controls with Price Controls
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Reading the Price SignalsReading the Price Signals
In January news organizations reported that cold weather was increasing the price of oil and related products such as gasoline.
At the same time the WSJ reported that the February futures price of oil—the price for oil to be delivered one month in the future--was falling because of expectations of warmer weather.
Cold Temps Drive Higher Prices At Pump
WHIOTV, Jan 13, 2010
OIL FUTURES: Crude Falls As Temperatures Rise
The Wall Street Journal, Jan 12, 2010
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VSVS
The Use of Information in MarketsThe Use of Information in Markets
Roll, Richard. 1984. Orange Juice and Weather. American Economic Review, 74, 5, 861-880.
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From “The Use of Information in Markets” to From “The Use of Information in Markets” to Information Markets or Hayek to HansonInformation Markets or Hayek to Hanson
Friedrich Hayek Robin Hanson
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Iowa Electronic Market2008 Presidential Candidates
$0.63 $.37
One “Obama share” pays $1 if Obama wins. Nothing otherwise.One “McCain share” pays $1 if McCain wins. Nothing otherwise.
PricesOn
August 8, 2008
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Prediction Markets are Now WidespreadPrediction Markets are Now Widespread
• Prediction markets are about harnessing the amazing ability of markets to aggregate and summarize information.
• Prediction markets are not miraculous but they do tend to outperform other prediction mechanisms such as expert opinion or polls.
Prediction Markets(click)
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Seeing the “Invisible Hand” Seeing the “Invisible Hand” throughoutthroughout
Principles of Economics Principles of Economics
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The True ImportanceThe True Importanceof theof the
P=MC Condition of Profit MaximizationP=MC Condition of Profit Maximization
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A
How to Minimize the Total Costs of Corn How to Minimize the Total Costs of Corn Production Across Two FarmsProduction Across Two Farms
Increase in Costs
SavingsC = A-B Decrease
in Costs
$200th unit
Cost of Producing 200th Unit
MC1
Quantity(Bushels of Corn)
0 25
$
Farm One
MC2
Quantity(Bushels of Corn)
200175
$
Farm Two
C
B
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MC1
0 40 Quantity(Bushels of Corn)
$
MC2
160 Quantity(Bushels of Corn)
$
Farm One Farm Two
To Minimize Total Costs Set MCTo Minimize Total Costs Set MC11=MC=MC22
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Pat Sets PPat Sets P =MC=MC1 1 , Alex sets P, Alex sets P =MC=MC2 2
as a result MCas a result MC11=MC=MC2 2 A Much More Difficult ProblemA Much More Difficult Problem
$2.50 Price of Corn
MC1
0 40 Quantity(Bushels of Corn)
$
MC2
160 Quantity(Bushels of Corn)
$
Pat’s Farm Alex’s Farm
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Price of Corn
MC1
0 40 Quantity(Bushels of Corn)
$
MC2
160 Quantity(Bushels of Corn)
$
Pat’s Farm Alex’s Farm
Pat Sets PPat Sets P =MC=MC1 1 , Alex sets P, Alex sets P =MC=MC2 2
as a result MCas a result MC11=MC=MC2 2
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MC1
0 40 Quantity(Bushels of Corn)
$
MC2
160 Quantity(Bushels of Corn)
$
Pat’s Farm Alex’s Farm
Pat Sets PPat Sets P =MC=MC1 1 , Alex sets P, Alex sets P =MC=MC2 2
as a result MCas a result MC11=MC=MC2 2
Price of Corn
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MC1
0 40 Quantity(Bushels of Corn)
$
MC2
160 Quantity(Bushels of Corn)
$
Pat’s Farm Alex’s Farm
Pat Sets PPat Sets P =MC=MC1 1 , Alex sets P, Alex sets P =MC=MC2 2
as a result MCas a result MC11=MC=MC2 2
Price of Corn
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MC1
0 40 Quantity(Bushels of Corn)
$
MC2
160 Quantity(Bushels of Corn)
$
Pat’s Farm Alex’s Farm
The True Importance of the P=MCThe True Importance of the P=MC Condition Condition
is P=MCis P=MC11=MC=MC22 …=MC …=MCNN
Price of Corn
$2.50
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Seeing the Invisible Hand
• Emphasize worldwide cooperation and coordination (roses, pencils, snickers!).
• Teach the price system (not just single markets).
• The dual role of prices as signals and as incentives.
• The “use of information” in prices illustrated with information markets.
• The minimization of the total costs of production as a result of profit maximization.
– A product of human action but not of human design!
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Modern PrinciplesModern PrinciplesMicroeconomicsMicroeconomics
Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok
See the Invisible HandUnderstand Your World