1. One measure of value is utility A service is buying a new car
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True False _____ _____
One measure of value is utility
A service is buying a new car
A service is teaching
Specialization means every worker makes the entire product
Human capital is the production of human body parts, used to help injured soldiers in times of war
1.2

2. Which would be considered a durable good, a nondurable good or a service?
Car wash
Gasoline
T.V Set
DVD
Blouse
Magazine
Course in first aid
Box of cereal
Lawn mower
Eye exam
Bus ride CD
Service
Nondurable
Durable

3. Value A worth that can be expressed in dollars and cents
For something to have value it must:
Be scarce
Have utility
Capacity to be useful
Capacity to provide satisfaction
This may vary from person to person

4. Paradox of value Adam Smith asked:
Why is it that sometimes needs are less valuable than wants? Shouldn’t water be more valuable than diamonds?

5. Paradox of Value (aka the diamond–water paradox)
the apparent contradiction that, although water is on the whole more useful, in terms of survival, than diamonds, diamonds command a higher price in the market.
What might change this paradox between diamonds and water?

6. wealth Includes: All products that are tangible Scarce Useful
Transferable
Which of the following are counted as a part of wealth?
Car wash
Gasoline
T.V Set
DVD
Blouse
Magazine
Course in first aid
Box of cereal
Lawn mower
Eye exam
Bus ride CD

7. Assignment and homework
Finish the vocabulary for 1.2 (PP 15 – 17)
Market
Factor Market
Product Market
Economic Growth
Productivity
Human Capital
Division of Labor
Specialization
Economic interdependence

8. An opportunity cost is the same as a trade off
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True False _____ _____
An opportunity cost is the same as a trade off
A production possibility frontier is a diagram that shows combinations
Free enterprise system is what we have in the US
The study of economics helps people make better choices
Opportunity costs are incurred when trade-offs are made.
1.3

9. Did you know…
The 20 percent of the world’s people who live in the wealthiest nations consume 86 percent of the world’s goods and services. The 20 percent who live in the poorest nations consume just 1.3 percent.
The U.S. Consumer
The United States, with less than 5 % of the global population, uses about a quarter of the world’s fossil fuel resources—burning up nearly 25 % of the coal, 26 % of the oil, and 27 % of the world’s natural gas.
As of 2003, the U.S. had more private cars than licensed drivers, and gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles were among the best-selling vehicles.
New houses in the U.S. were 38 % bigger in 2002 than in 1975, despite having fewer people per household on average.

10. 1.2 Assessment
Why might a wealthy society not have as much economic staying power as another wealthy society with a highly skilled labor force?

11. The Circular Flow of Economic Activity
Markets are locations/mechanisms for buyers and sellers to trade. They are classified as local, regional, national, global, and cyberspace. 
A factor market is where people earn their incomes. Factor markets center on the four factors of production: land, capital, labor, and entrepreneurs. 
A product market is where people use their income to buy from producers. Product markets center on goods and services.

12. Circular flow of economic activity

13. Productivity and Economic Growth
Productivity is a measure of the amount of output produced by the amount of inputs within a certain time. Productivity increases with efficient use of scarce resources. 
Specialization and division of labor may improve productivity because they lead to more proficiency (and greater economic interdependence).

14. Productivity and Economic Growth
Investing in human capital improves productivity because when people’s skills, abilities, health, and motivation advance, productivity increases. 
Economic growth depends on high productivity. Yet, an economy’s productivity may be affected by its interdependence—reliance on others and their reliance on us to provide goods and services.

15. Name that econ. term Condition of not having enough resources
Sum of those economic products that are tangible, scarce, useful and transferable
People with all their efforts, abilities and skills
Wealth
Scarcity
Good
Labor
Value
Economics
Standard of living
Paradox of value
Capital
Trade-off
Opportunity cost

16. Name that econ. term Worth that can be expressed in dollars and cents
Study of how people try to satisfy their need through the careful use of scarce resources
Tools, equip, machinery and factories used in the production of goods and services
Wealth
Scarcity
Good
Labor
Value
Economics
Standard of living
Paradox of value
Capital
Trade-off
Opportunity cost

17. Analyze trade-offs and opportunity costs.
Objectives for 1.3
Analyze trade-offs and opportunity costs.
Explain decision-making strategies.

18. Introduction The process of making a choice is not always easy.
Section 3
The process of making a choice is not always easy.
Because resources are scarce, consumers need to make wise choices.
To become a good decision maker, you need to know how to identify the problem and then analyze your alternatives.
Finally, you have to make your choice in a way that carefully considers the costs and benefits of each possibility.

19. Did you know
Economists reward their greatest for breakthrough discoveries. The 1999 Nobel Prize for Economics went to Robert A. Mundell, a Canadian economist at New York’s Columbia University, for his career-long work in international currency exchange rates, vital in today’s global marketplace. The prize is worth a million dollars in U.S. currency.

20. Trade-Offs and Opportunity Cost
Trade-offs are the alternative choices people face in making an economic decision. A decision-making grid lists the advantages and disadvantages of each choice. 
Opportunity cost is the cost of the next best alternative among a person’s choices. The opportunity cost is the money, time, or resources a person gives up, or sacrifices, to make his final choice.

21. Trade-Offs and Opportunity Cost (cont.)

22. Production Possibilities
The production possibilities frontier diagram illustrates the concept of opportunity cost. It shows the combinations of goods and/or services that can be produced when all productive resources are used. The line on the graph represents the full potential—the frontier—when the economy employs all of these productive resources. 
Identifying possible alternatives allows an economy to examine how it can best put its limited resources into production.

23. Production Possibilities (cont.)
Considering different ways to fully employ its resources allows an economy to analyze the combination of goods and services that leads to maximum output. 
An economy pays a high cost if any of it resources are idle. It cannot produce on its frontier and it will fail to reach its full production potential. 
Economic growth made possible by more resources, a larger labor force, or increased productivity causes a new frontier for the economy.

24. Production possibilities frontier

25. Production possibilities frontier

26. Production possibilities frontier

27. Thinking Like an Economist
Building simple models helps economists analyze or describe actual economic situations.
Cost-benefit analysis helps economists evaluate alternatives by looking at each choice’s cost and benefit.
Taking small, incremental steps in implementing an economic decision helps economists test whether the estimated cost of the decision was correct.

28. Name that econ. term
Manufactured goods needed to produce other goods and services
Cost of the next best alternative
Alternative choices made by consumers
Wealth
Scarcity
Good
Labor
Value
Economics
Standard of living
Paradox of value
Capital good
Trade-off
Opportunity cost

29. Name that econ. term
Quality of life based on the ownership of the necessities and luxuries that make life easier
Situation in which some necessities have little value while some non necessities have a much higher value
Tangible item that is economically useful or that satisfies an economic want
Wealth
Scarcity
Good
Labor
Value
Economics
Standard of living
Paradox of value
Capital
Trade-off
Opportunity cost

30. Review: Pages 28-29 Review Content Vocabulary #s 1-10
Review the Main Ideas #s 22-28
Critical Thinking #s 30-32
Math Practice #34
Interpreting Cartoons #36