Chapter 1 Introduction to Economics
1.1 What Is Economics About?
Why Study Economics?
Microeconomics versus Macroeconomics
Data and Models
Efficiency versus Equity
Issue: Do Economists Ever Agree on Anything?
Posi
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Chapter 1 Introduction to Economics
1.1 What Is Economics About?
Why Study Economics?
Microeconomics versus Macroeconomics
Data and Models
Efficiency versus Equity
Issue: Do Economists Ever Agree on Anything?
Positive versus Normative Analysis
1.2 Key Principles of Economics
Principle 1: Economics Is Concerned with Making Choices with Limited Resources
Principle 2: When Making Decisions, One Must Take into Account Tradeoffs and Opportunity Costs
Principle 3: Specialization Leads to Gains for All Involved
Around the World: Nunavut: Land of Abundance and Scarcity
Principle 4: People Respond to Incentives, Both Good and Bad
Issue: Would a City Change Its Name for a Game Show?
Principle 5: Rational Behavior Requires Thinking on the Margin
Principle 6: Markets Are Generally Efficient; When They Aren’t, Government Can Sometimes Correct the Failure
Principle 7: Economic Growth, Low Unemployment, and Low Inflation Are Economic Goals That Do Not Always Coincide
Principle 8: Institutions and Human Creativity Help Explain the Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith (1723–1790)
Summing It All Up: Economics Is All Around Us
Chapter 1 Summary
Key Concepts
Questions and Problems
Answers to Questions in Checkpoints
Chapter 1 Appendix: Working with Graphs and Formulas
Graphs and Data
Graphs and Models
Analyzing Relationships Between Variables
Chapter 2 Production, Economic Growth, and Trade
2.1 Basic Economic Questions and Production
Basic Economic Questions
Factors of Production
Phyllis Wallace (1921–1993)
Production and Efficiency
Around the World: Ironbridge: The Beginnings of the Industrial Revolution
2.2 Production Possibilities and Economic Growth
Production Possibilities
Economic Growth
Issue: Is the Ocean the Next Frontier? Underwater Cities and Land Reclamation
2.3 Specialization, Comparative Advantage, and Trade
Absolute and Comparative Advantage
Gains from Trade
Practical Constraints on Trade
Issue: Would You Pay $200 for a Pair of “Made in USA” Sneakers?
Chapter 2 Summary
Key Concepts
Questions and Problems
Answers to Questions in Checkpoints
Chapter 3 Supply and Demand
3.1 Markets
The Price System
Issue: Do Markets Exist for Everyone, Including Dogs and Cats?
3.2 Demand
Willingness-to-Pay: The Building Block of Market Demand
The Law of Demand: The Relationship Between Quantity Demanded and Price
The Demand Curve
Determinants of Demand
Changes in Demand versus Changes in Quantity Demanded
3.3 Supply
The Law of Supply: The Relationship Between Quantity Supplied and Price
The Supply Curve
Determinants of Supply
Changes in Supply versus Changes in Quantity Supplied
Alfred Marshall (1842–1924)
3.4 Market Equilibrium
Around the World: Tokyo Disneyland: Is THAT the Line for Space Mountain?!
Moving to a New Equilibrium: Changes in Supply and Demand
Issue: Two-Buck Chuck: Will People Drink $2-a-Bottle Wine?
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