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Short Quiz1. Consider this scenario:
A trip on the Greyhound bus from Tucson to Phoenix costs the company $5 per seat in gas
and overhead and Greyhound charges $19 for a one way ticket. If Dr. Mankiw offers $15 right
before the bus leaves Tucson, should Greyhound take his offer if there are 10 open seats?
2. Write down 3 costs and benefits of taking 5 classes in college instead of 4
Greg Mankiw
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Go over worksheets
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Mankiw Page 6
• Principle 3: Rational People think at the Margin
• How is this a different way of thinking?
• Airplane example?
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Sorting Activity• You have 24 hours in a day
• With your partner allocate your resource
• Which of Mankiw’s 10 economic principles does this show?
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Paradox of Value• Some items have low prices and high usefulness
(water)
• Others are almost useless, but have high prices (diamonds)
• $1 auction Monday, bring change
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Thinking at the Margin Assignment
• Suggest 7 marginal changes the government could make to reduce transactions costs in the circular flow model.
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Sleep: 8 hours
Sleep: 6 hours
Sleep: 4 hours
Movie: 2 hours
Video games: 2 hours
Video games: 4 hours
Video games: 6 hours
Cleaning: 1 hour
Hiking: 4 hours
Shopping: 4 hours Shopping: 2 hours
Dancing: 2 hours
Dancing: 4 hours
TV: 1 hour
TV: 2 hours
TV: 4 hours
TV: 6 hours
Bike ride: 2 hours
Bike ride: 1 hour
Nap: 1 hour
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Cooking: 1 hour
Cooking: 2 hours
Working: 4 hours
Working: 6 hours
Working: 8 hours
Reading: 1 hour
Reading: 2 hours
Reading: 3 hours
School: 6 hours
Play sports: 2 hours Play sports: 4 hours
Eating: 2 hours
Eating: 3 hours
Driving: 3 hours
Driving: 2 hours
Web surfing: 2 hours
Web surfing: 4 hours
Web surfing: 6 hours
Homework: 1 hour
Homework: 2 hours