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PowerPoint® Lecture Presentation to accompany Principles of Economics

PowerPoint® Lecture Presentation to accompany Principles of Economics Presented by Coach Jim Dzialo HDJ High School. 1 INTRODUCTION. 1. Welcome to Day 1 of Economics  Yeah!. ECONOMICS. Economics is the study of how society manages its scarce resources.

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PowerPoint® Lecture Presentation to accompany Principles of Economics

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  1. PowerPoint® Lecture Presentation to accompany Principles of Economics Presented by Coach Jim Dzialo HDJ High School

  2. 1 INTRODUCTION

  3. 1 Welcome to Day 1 of Economics  Yeah!

  4. ECONOMICS Economics is the study of how society manages its scarce resources. It comes from the Greek Word “Oikos” which means “house” and nemein which means “manage”.

  5. Economy. . . Society and Scarce Resources: • The management of society’s resources is important because resources are scarce. • Scarcity. . . means that society has limited resources and therefore cannot produce all the goods and services people wish to have.

  6. ECONOMICS • How people make decisions. • People face tradeoffs. • The cost of something is what you give up to get it. • People respond to incentives.

  7. Tradeoffs. To get one thing, we usually have to give up another thing. • Guns v. butter • Food v. clothing • Leisure time v. work • Efficiency v. equity Making decisions requires trading off one goal against another.

  8. People Face Tradeoffs • Efficiency v. Equity • 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 members of society.

  9. Opportunity Cost • 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? • The opportunity cost of an item is what you give up to obtain that item.

  10. What would you do? LA Laker basketball star Kobe Bryant chose to skip college and go straight from high school to the pros where he has earned millions of dollars.

  11. Summary • When individuals make decisions, they face tradeoffs among alternative goals. • The cost of any action is measured in terms of foregone opportunities. • People change their behavior in response to the incentives they face. • Give an example of a trade off • Define Opportunity cost • Define Scarcity.

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