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Chapter Three:. What Economies Do. Introducing the Four Essential Economic Activities. Figure 3.1: The Role of Financial Capital in Commercial Production. commercial production. financial capital. financial capital . Resource Maintenance: Attending to the Asset Base of the Macroeconomy.
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Chapter Three: What Economies Do
Figure 3.1: The Role of Financial Capital in Commercial Production commercial production financial capital financial capital
Resource Maintenance: Attending to the Asset Base of the Macroeconomy
Stock Flows Stock Additions Initial Next Stock Stock Subtractions Time Figure 3.2: The General Stock-Flow Diagram Initial Next Stock Stock
Additions or Inflows Stock Subtractions or Outflows Figure 3.3: A “Bathtub”-Style Diagram
100 CumulativePercentof Income 80 60 A 40 B 20 0 20 40 60 80 100 Percent of Households Figure 3.6: The Gini Ratio,
Figure 3.7: Income Shares of the Richest and Poorest Households, 1968-2010 Top 5% of households Share of Income (%) Bottom 20% of households
Physical Context Social Context Economic Activity Core Business Sphere Sphere Public Purpose Sphere Figure 3.8: Social and Environmental Contexts of Economic Activity Natural Inputs(flows of naturalresources and environmental services) Outputs(pollution and wastes)