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1、A Lecture Presentation in PowerPoint to Accompany,Principles of Economics Second Edition by N. Gregory Mankiw,Prepared by Mark P. Karscig, Department of Economics & Finance, Central Missouri State University.,Ten Principles of Economics,Chapter 1,Copyright 2001 by Harcourt, Inc.All rights reserved.
2、Requests for permission to make copies of any part of thework should be mailed to: Permissions Department, Harcourt College Publishers,6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, Florida 32887-6777.,Economy. . .,. . . The word economy comes from a Greek word for “one who manages a household.”,A household and an
3、 economy face many decisions:,Who will work? What goods and how many of them should be produced? What resources should be used in production? At what price should the goods be sold?,Society and Scarce Resources:,The management of societys resources is important because resources are scarce.,Scarcity
4、 . . .,. . . means that society has limited resources and therefore cannot produce all the goods and services people wish to have.,Economics,Economics is the study of how society manages its scarce resources.,Economists study. . .,How people make decisions. How people interact with each other. The f
5、orces and trends that affect the economy as a whole.,Ten Principles of Economics,1. People face tradeoffs. 2. The cost of something is what you give up to get it. 3. Rational people think at the margin. 4. People respond to incentives.,How People Make Decisions,Ten Principles of Economics,5. Trade c
6、an make everyone better off. 6. Markets are usually a good way to organize economic activity. 7. Governments can sometimes improve economic outcomes.,How People Interact,Ten Principles of Economics,8. The standard of living depends on a countrys production. 9. Prices rise when the government prints
7、too much money. 10. Society faces a short-run tradeoff between inflation and unemployment.,How the Economy as a Whole Works,1. People face tradeoffs.,“There is no such thing as a free lunch!”,1. People face tradeoffs.,To get one thing, we usually have to give up another thing. Guns v. butter Food v.
8、 clothing Leisure time v. work Efficiency v. equity,Making decisions requires trading off one goal against another.,1. People face tradeoffs.,Efficiency means society gets the most that it can from its scarce resources. Equity means the benefits of those resources are distributed fairly among the me
9、mbers of society.,Efficiency v. Equity,2. The cost of something is what you give up to get it.,Decisions require comparing costs and benefits of alternatives. Whether to go to college or to work? Whether to study or go out on a date? Whether to go to class or sleep in?,2. The cost of something is wh
10、at you give up to get it.,The opportunity cost of an item is what you give up to obtain that item.,3. Rational people think at the margin.,Marginal changes are small, incremental adjustments to an existing plan of action.,People make decisions by comparing costs and benefits at the margin.,4. People
11、 respond to incentives.,Marginal changes in costs or benefits motivate people to respond. The decision to choose one alternative over another occurs when that alternatives marginal benefits exceed its marginal costs!,LA Laker basketball star Kobe Bryant chose to skip college and go straight to the N
12、BA from high school when offered a $10 million contract.,4. People respond to incentives.,5. Trade can make everyone better off.,People gain from their ability to trade with one another. Competition results in gains from trading. Trade allows people to specialize in what they do best.,6. Markets are
13、 usually a good way to organize economic activity.,In a market economy, households decide what to buy and who to work for. Firms decide who to hire and what to produce.,6. Markets are usually a good way to organize economic activity.,Adam Smith made the observation that households and firms interact
14、ing in markets act as if guided by an “invisible hand.”,6. Markets are usually a good way to organize economic activity.,Because households and firms look at prices when deciding what to buy and sell, they unknowingly take into account the social costs of their actions. As a result, prices guide dec
15、ision makers to reach outcomes that tend to maximize the welfare of society as a whole.,7. Governments can sometimes improve market outcomes.,When the market fails (breaks down) government can intervene to promote efficiency and equity.,7. Governments can sometimes improve market outcomes.,Market fa
16、ilure occurs when the market fails to allocate resources efficiently.,7. Governments can sometimes improve market outcomes.,Market failure may be caused by an externality, which is the impact of one person or firms actions on the well-being of a bystander.,7. Governments can sometimes improve market
17、 outcomes.,Market failure may also be caused by market power, which is the ability of a single person or firm to unduly influence market prices.,8. The standard of living depends on a countrys production.,Standard of living may be measured in different ways: By comparing personal incomes. By compari
18、ng the total market value of a nations production.,8. The standard of living depends on a countrys production.,Almost all variations in living standards are explained by differences in countries productivities.,8. The standard of living depends on a countrys production.,Productivity is the amount of
19、 goods and services produced from each hour of a workers time.,Higher productivity Higher standard of living,9. Prices rise when the government prints too much money.,Inflation is an increase in the overall level of prices in the economy. One cause of inflation is the growth in the quantity of money. When the government creates large quantities of money, the value of the money falls.,10.
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