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Bell work. If you have a token, add your paycheck to your Freyonomy account Pay your Monday / Tuesday bills. The last Few Economic concepts. Standard 1. Private property rights. Property rights- rights of individuals and groups to own resources and businesses.
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Bell work • If you have a token, add your paycheck to your Freyonomyaccount • Pay your Monday/ Tuesday bills
The last Few Economic concepts Standard 1
Private property rights Property rights- rights of individuals and groups to own resources and businesses. Why are they essential to a market economy??? • They give producers ______ to create G/S Incentive • They give buyers ________ to purchase G/S Trust
Mixed Economy • Mixed Economy- reflects characteristics of both market and command economies • Ex. US • M- Businesses can employ whoever they wish • M- Producers can produce whatever they wish • C- Libraries, Education, Postal Service is run by the government • C- Programs such as social security provide for those who are too old to work
Global Economy • Global Economy- Economic interaction that cross international borders • Ex. US trade with China
Privatize • Privatize- To change an industry or business from government control to private ownership Ex. Getting rid of the US Postal Service and only having Fedex and UPS
Nationalize • Nationalize- to convert from private to government ownership • Ex. 2001: In response to the September 11 attacks, the then-private airport security industry was nationalized and put under the authority of the Transportation Security Administration.
MacroECONOMICS Microeconomics is the study of smaller units of the economy? What is macro? • Study of larger units of the economy. Study of the economy as a whole.
Challenge Questions Would you care more about microeconomics or macroeconomics if you were… • trying to decide who to vote for in the presidential election? • trying to decide whether to work for Verizon Wireless or a new phone company called Phonex?
Bellwork Pay your Freyonomy bills for both Wed/Thurs and Friday. Do not check your math. Instead, wait quietly as you anticipate some fun Freyonomy buying opportunities!
Review Identify the factor of production • Natural resources on or underground • Land
Review Identify the Factor of Production Human time, effort and talent used to produce goods and services • Labor
Review Identify the Factor of Production The resources and tools people make to produce goods and services • capital
Review Factors of Production • The willingness to take risks to create and run a new business • Entrepreneurship
Circular Flow Model • Circular Flow Model- shows the flow of money as well as the flow of products and resources in the product market that takes place between buyers and sellers in a market economy. • The flow of money between businesses (producers) and households (consumers) is circular!!!!!!
Review What is this? • The study of how people use scarce resources to meet unlimited wants • Economics
Review • The next best alternative you gave up • tradeoff
Review • The value of the next best alternative • Opportunity cost
Review • Define utility • How useful something is
From our beans activity, we learned that voluntary exchange happens when who expects to gain? • Everyonee
Which economic system does the term belong? • Profit • Communism • Karl Marx • Consumer sovereignty • Built on custom • Government controlled • Competition • Focused mainly on survival
Getting a piece of candy for answering the most correct answers in our game is an example of a ________ __________ • Positive incentive
What is microeconomics? • The study of the behavior of individual players in an economy
What is macroeconomics? • The study of the economy as a whole
Why are property rights essential to a market economy? • They give producers _____ and buyers _______ to exchange goods and services • Incentive and trust
This is an economic model that shows production trade-offs • Production possibilities curve
Which point shows efficiency? • Point A
Which point shows inefficiency? • Point B
Which point shows impossibility? • Point C
Who are the main decision makers in a market economy? • Households and businesses
Review • These are advantages of which type of economic system? • Consumers can buy what they wish and producers can produce what they wish • People can take jobs based on their interests and talents, not on government decision Market Economy
These are disadvantages of which type of economic system? • There is no mechanism to provide for those who are too old or sick to work • There are no public goods and services such as public education or national defense Market