Economics
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What is Economics • How people, businesses, and governments decide to produce exchange, and use goods and services • So what does this mean?
The basic economic problem… • People have unlimited wants but…. • People have limited Resources are limited.
The three economic questions… • What goods and services should be offered/ created? Allocation problem: prioritize what to produce • How to produce goods and services Production problem: use of labor and capital 3. For whom to produce goods? Distribution problem: resources for rich people or passed out equally .
Rationing Resources • Deciding how to spend and use your resources RESOURCES: the things people needs to make goods and offer services
LAND: the natural resources provided by nature used for goods
LABOR: the mental and physical capacity of people to do work and produce goods
CAPITAL: the physical plants, machinery, money, and equipment used to produce other goods
ENTREPRENEURSHIP: the creative ability of individuals to seek profits by taking risks and combing resources to produce and innovate products
TRADE • Cut the think black line • Glue the skinny column into your notebooks • Under the tabs list the top 3 exports and imports for America by reading the chart provided • Then next to this sheet explain what that means for the American economy- • For example: Mexico’s top import is machinery. According to the chart machinery accounts for 21.8% of all Mexican imports. This means that Mexico does not make their own machines, and they need machines to create the goods they do produce.
Bartering • Cut the think black line • Glue the skinny column into your notebooks • Answer the question completely using the RACE cheat code after reading the article https://www.mint.com/barter-system-history-the-past-and-present
Supply & Demand • Cut the think black line • Glue the skinny column into your notebooks • Answer the question completely using the RACE cheat code after reading the article
Globalization • Cut the think black line • Glue the skinny column into your notebooks • Answer the question completely using the RACE cheat code after reading the article https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikecollins/2015/05/06/the-pros-and-cons-of-globalization/#3645c2b8ccce
Business Cycle • Cut the think black line • Glue the skinny column into your notebooks • Answer the question completely using the RACE cheat code AFTER reading the article http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/in/Inflation_(economics)
Comparing Economies • Cut the think black line • Glue the skinny column into your notebooks • Answer the question completely using the RACE cheat code
Supply & Demand 2 • Cut the think black line • Glue the skinny column into your notebooks • Color the up arrows green • and the down arrows red • Circle the correct arrow based on the diagram and then write a sentence that describes the diagram. • For example: If supply of goods go up and demand for those goods go up then the price with also go up. (so for the first diagram the up arrow is circled)