1 / 6

Understanding Economics: The Science of Managing Scarce Resources for Society's Needs

Economics is the social science that analyzes the administration and utilization of scarce resources to maximize the satisfaction of society's unlimited wants. It encompasses factors of production such as natural resources, labor, physical and human capital, and entrepreneurship. The Production Possibilities Frontier illustrates the potential combinations of goods produced when resources are fully employed. Key economic questions include what goods are produced, how they are made, and how they are allocated within society. Understanding these concepts helps address fundamental economic issues.

danae
Télécharger la présentation

Understanding Economics: The Science of Managing Scarce Resources for Society's Needs

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. What is Economics? Economics can be defined as the Social Scienceconcerned with the Problem of administering or usingScarce Resources so as to attain the greatest or maximum fulfillment of society’s Unlimited Wants.

  2. Factors of Production • Natural Resources: land, minerals, water, forests, etc.; • Labor: both physical and mental; • Physical Capital: machines, tools, buildings, trucks, etc.; • Human Capital: knowledge, education; know how; and • Entrepreneurship: the ability to organize a production process and take risks.

  3. Production Possibilities Frontiers (PPF) PPF shows all the combinations of two goods that the full-employment use of a society’s resources can produce in a period of time (using the best available technology).

  4. Production Possibilities Frontier (PPF) Food A B C D E PPF F Machines 0

  5. Decision Makers • Households: the principal owners of factors of production; • Business Firms: the principal users of factors of production; and • Central Authorities: the federal, state, and local governments and their agencies.

  6. Types of Economic Problems • What goods and services are being produced and in what quantities? • By what methods are goods and services produced? • How is the supply of goods and services allocated among the members of the society? • Are the society’s resources being fully employed, or are some lying idle? • Is purchasing power being eroded by inflation? • Is the economy’s capacity to produce goods and services growing over time?

More Related