Problem Set 1: Math Review and Basics of Supply and Demand 1
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Supply and Demand Review
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Improvements in technology reduce the cost of producing
DVD players
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How will this effect VCRs?
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How will this effect DVD Disks?
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How will this effect VCR Tapes?
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Environmental regulations reduce the number of power plants built
in California
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How will this effect electricity produced in other states?
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How will this effect natural gas?
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How will this effect energy-efficient furnaces?
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Assume there is a new 200 percent excise tax on the sale of yachts
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How will this effect luxury cars?
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How will this effect boat marinas?
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How will this effect yacht workers?
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Assume the government imposes a tariff on foreign steel
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How will this effect steel produced in the United States?
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How will this effect automobiles?
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How will this effect auto workers?
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#7 Profits direct businesses toward activities that increase wealth.
Why Profits and Losses are our Friend…
People of a nation are better off if their resources produce _____________ __________________________________________
Users of resources are encouraged to undertake productive projects and less productive use of resources are discouraged.
___________________ perform this function.
What is the function of profit and loss in a market economy? ______________ provide rewards to those
who transform resources into something of greater value.
______________ are just as important! They impose discipline on people, businesses and organizations that are not producing valuable goods and services.
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#8 People earn income by helping others.
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The Circular Flow of Economic Activity
Circular Flow Questions
1. How do individuals and families in households depend on people in businesses?
2. How do businesses depend on households?
3. What is the role of government in the circular flow of economic activity?
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Earning Income What do you have to do to earn a high
income?
How do you know that others value the services or goods you provide?
Circular Flow Implications
A change in the system influences the entire system.
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Income losses by producers will reduce incomes for households.
Income Variation College students are
rewarded for studying. Star athletes and
entertainers are rewarded for their specialized skills.
Entrepreneurs are rewarded for their productive innovations and risk-taking.
Why does Tiger Woods earn more than a nurse?
#9 Production of goods and services people value, not just jobs, provides the source of high living standards.
Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer. — ADAM SMITH (1776)
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If jobs were the key to high incomes, we could easily create as many as we wanted. All of us could work one day digging holes
and the next day filling them up. We would all be employed, but we would
also be exceedingly poor because such jobs would not generate goods and services that people value.
Broken Window Fallacy
When the government “creates” jobs Government pays for these jobs either
through ___________________________ It crowds out ________________ jobs and
spending. There is nothing like profit and loss that will
direct funding toward productive projects in government. That is, ____________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________
Do spending programs create jobs of value?
Politicians and proponents of government spending projects are fond of bragging about the jobs created by their spending programs and they exaggerate program benefits. Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) of 1933 2009 “Cash for Clunkers” Program
Jobs of value matter!
It is not simply more jobs that improve our economic well-being but _________________ ____________________________________________________________________
Question for Thought:
When governments become heavily involved in subsidizing and granting favors to some businesses at the expense of others, how will this incentive structure influence the efficiency of resource allocation?