Economic Activity

1. Economic Activity

2. Types of Economic Activities

3. Primary Economic Activity • Fishing- tuna fishing • Forestry • Mining/drilling • Agriculture (based on land and climate) • 50% of less developed countries • 15-20% newly industrialized • <8% of developed countries • Commercial Agriculture: produced to sell • Subsistence Ag.: provide for your family

4. Primary Economic Activity cont’d… • Subsistence Farming • Grow enough for family or village • Commercial Farming • Use modern techniques • Only small # of workers needed • Found in all countries • Plantations- found in newly industrialized • Who owns most plantations?

5. Secondary Economic Activity • Manufacturing- Industry • Takes raw material and turns into a finished products • Tuna into Canned Tuna What are some examples of manufacturing in the United States? In what regions? Cities?

6. Tertiary Economic Activity The Service Industries • Transportation • Sales • Advertising • Government-some • Health Care • Banking • Education- some

7. Quaternary Eco Activities Collecting, processing and distributing information • government, culture, libraries, scientific research, education, and information technology.

8. Less Developed Limited modern technology Dependent on developed countries for manufactured goods. GDP per capita: ~$1000 Mostly primary and secondary eco. activities Stages of Economic Activity • Developed Country • Modern Technology • Mostly Tertiary Eco. Activities (Service) • Well developed economy • GDP per Capita: USA $46,000 • Has sustainable development • Outsourced manuf. when costs can be cut.

9. Zimbabwe- What stage am I? • $600.00 GDP per capita • 66% Agric. • 38% urban • 3.8 Fertility rate

10. Know these front and backwards!!! • Primary- Agriculture • Secondary- Manufacturing (industry) • Tertiary- Service • Quaternary- data

11. USA 1.1% Agriculture (primary) • 22.1 % Manufacturing • 76.8% Service (Tertiary) • Can U say “Sustainable development” • Hmmm • Monaco 95% service!!! Mexico(Newly Indust) 13% Agric, 24% Manuf., 63% Service Bangladesh 18% Agric,28% Manuf., 52% Service Zimbabwe(less developed) 66% Agric, 10% manu., 24% Service

12. What are some examples of raw materials in your community?What kind of finished product can be made from this? Primary

15. # of people per car Energy consumption Literacy rate Standard of Living(Daily Life)- look at all these things • Life expectancy • Infant mortality rate • GDP per capita

16. Traditional Economy cottage industry

17. Human Resources • Workers- a country’s greatest resource! YOU! • Capital Resources • Machines • Money (Investments) • Buildings Compare a contractor with a hammer and nail to one with lumber, a toolset and backhoe. Which one represents the less developed country? Which one represents the developed country?

18. Supply and Demand • As the price goes up, what happens to the demand? • Real life- • As the price is reduced, what happens to the supply of goods?

19. Economic Systems answer these questions… What will be produced? How much will be produced? How will it be distributed? What will it cost?

20. Economic Spectrum Total government control No government

21. Economic Spectrum No government Strong Government • Command Ec • Communism • Karl Marx • Gov’t regulates all • Central planners • Socialism/ Mixed • Free-Market • Capitalism • based on profit • private ownership • entrepreneurship

22. Matching: Communism, socialism, capitalism, traditional • Consumers make the decisions • Welfare state • Free doctors visit • CNN, Fox, Comcast, Ixfinity, CBS, ABC, NBC • Clay pots from hand • Profit is motive for doing well • Community farms • Reebok, Nike, Addidas,… • No social classes • Follow parents line of work • 93Q, the Eagle, 104 KRBE, 740 Talk Radio,