1. Unit 1 Economics: There Is No Such Thing As A Free Lunch TINSTAAFL

2. Learning Targets  I will define scarcity, allocate, and resource.  I will explain how scarcity applies to real life.  I will examine the ways resources can be allocated.  I will define scarcity, allocate, and resource.  I will explain how scarcity applies to real life.  I will examine the ways resources can be allocated.

3. Definitions  Scarcity = Not enough of a resource to satisfy everyone’s wants at all times.

4. Definitions  Allocation = To distribute something  Resource = any useful thing, person, or idea that can be used  Allocation = To distribute something  Resource = any useful thing, person, or idea that can be used

5. How can we allocate resources?  Randomly / Luck  Speed (first come, first served)  Age, gender, or physical ability  Wealth / social class  Connections / nepotism  Need  Randomly / Luck  Speed (first come, first served)  Age, gender, or physical ability  Wealth / social class  Connections / nepotism  Need

6. Who allocates resources in our country?  People  Businesses  The government  People  Businesses  The government

7. Closing: Exit Ticket 8/2/2012 1. List examples of resources. 2. Explain what scarcity means. 3. List ways we can allocate resources in any economy. 1. List examples of resources. 2. Explain what scarcity means. 3. List ways we can allocate resources in any economy.

8. Economics is:  The study of how people respond to scarcity.  Scarcity = unlimited wants + limited resources  The study of how people respond to scarcity.  Scarcity = unlimited wants + limited resources

9. Scarcity is more than “not enough”. EVERY resource desired is scarce because it can be used another way. Ask yourself to know if something is scarce: a. Is it a resource? b. Do people pay for it? c. Can it be used another way? EVERY resource desired is scarce because it can be used another way. Ask yourself to know if something is scarce: a. Is it a resource? b. Do people pay for it? c. Can it be used another way?

10. Are these resources scarce?  Fresh water  Wool  Petroleum (oil)  Workers  Leather  Plastic  Diamonds  Wood  Fresh water  Wool  Petroleum (oil)  Workers  Leather  Plastic  Diamonds  Wood

11. But THESE are NOT Scarce  Salt water  Oxygen (typically)  Sunshine  Hepatitis  Trash Money is NOT a resource!  Salt water  Oxygen (typically)  Sunshine  Hepatitis  Trash Money is NOT a resource!

12. The 7 basic ideas you should know to think like an economist 1.People make decisions, and they choose for good reasons. 2.Everything has a cost. Time is a cost to most decisions. 1.People make decisions, and they choose for good reasons. 2.Everything has a cost. Time is a cost to most decisions.

13. 3.Incentives matter. You can predict people’s decisions based on their incentives. 4.People create rules and systems to control other people’s decisions. 3.Incentives matter. You can predict people’s decisions based on their incentives. 4.People create rules and systems to control other people’s decisions.

14. 5.People gain from voluntary trade. 6.People set the cost of goods and services through their choices. 7.Every action has a result. 5.People gain from voluntary trade. 6.People set the cost of goods and services through their choices. 7.Every action has a result.

15. Principles (reminder): 1.People have reasons for choices. 2.Everything costs something. 3.Incentives predict actions. 4.Societies have rules. 5.Trade is win-win. 6.People affect prices. 7.Actions have consequences. 1.People have reasons for choices. 2.Everything costs something. 3.Incentives predict actions. 4.Societies have rules. 5.Trade is win-win. 6.People affect prices. 7.Actions have consequences.

16. Opening 8/6/2012:  What are the 3 things that must be true for a resource to be scarce – the 3 questions to ask?  Is paper scarce? Why or why not?  Is chocolate scarce? Why or why not?  Is garbage scarce? Why or why not?  What are the 3 things that must be true for a resource to be scarce – the 3 questions to ask?  Is paper scarce? Why or why not?  Is chocolate scarce? Why or why not?  Is garbage scarce? Why or why not?

17. Learning Targets:  I will be able to define opportunity cost and trade- off.  I will be able to evaluate different options for decisions.  I will be able to define opportunity cost and trade- off.  I will be able to evaluate different options for decisions.

18. Trade-offs  Every choice has a cost, or trade-offs.  Trade-offs: everything given up when a choice is made.  Examples:  Choose water and give up Powerade and Coke.  Choose to be a doctor and give up being a lawyer and a sports analyst.  Every choice has a cost, or trade-offs.  Trade-offs: everything given up when a choice is made.  Examples:  Choose water and give up Powerade and Coke.  Choose to be a doctor and give up being a lawyer and a sports analyst.

19. Opportunity Cost: There’s Only One!  The 1 BEST trade-off= opportunity cost.  Opportunity cost is your second choice.  Which of the 7 economic ways of thinking is this???  The 1 BEST trade-off= opportunity cost.  Opportunity cost is your second choice.  Which of the 7 economic ways of thinking is this???

20. Example:  Chris decides to go to college for 4 years on a partial scholarship.  What are his trade-offs?  Work experience for 4 years  Lost income for 4 years  Tuition cost for 4 years  Studying instead of partying  Give up car to live on campus  Give up great girlfriend b/c he moved away  Chris’s opportunity cost:  (personal to him)  Only ONE of these Example:  Chris decides to go to college for 4 years on a partial scholarship.  What are his trade-offs?  Work experience for 4 years  Lost income for 4 years  Tuition cost for 4 years  Studying instead of partying  Give up car to live on campus  Give up great girlfriend b/c he moved away  Chris’s opportunity cost:  (personal to him)  Only ONE of these

21.  Maggie has overbooked her Saturday. She is supposed to:  Go to a wedding  Meet her boyfriend’s parents  Go on a job interview  Clean her apartment  Babysit her sister’s kids  Renew her driver’s license at the DMV  She decided to babysit.  How many trade-offs are listed?  How many opportunity costs are listed?  Maggie has overbooked her Saturday. She is supposed to:  Go to a wedding  Meet her boyfriend’s parents  Go on a job interview  Clean her apartment  Babysit her sister’s kids  Renew her driver’s license at the DMV  She decided to babysit.  How many trade-offs are listed?  How many opportunity costs are listed?

22. Practice:  I am trying to decide what to spend my last $100 of my paycheck.  Options:  Pay down credit card debt  Go out partying  Buy new clothes  Save it for an emergency  Buy my mom a really nice bday present  I decided to go out partying. What are my trade-offs? What is my opportunity cost?  I am trying to decide what to spend my last $100 of my paycheck.  Options:  Pay down credit card debt  Go out partying  Buy new clothes  Save it for an emergency  Buy my mom a really nice bday present  I decided to go out partying. What are my trade-offs? What is my opportunity cost?

23. Work:  We are going to do two of your first homework terms together right now.  It is always vocab terms.  Homework is due every Friday.  You must hand-write your answers.  We are going to do two of your first homework terms together right now.  It is always vocab terms.  Homework is due every Friday.  You must hand-write your answers.

24. Homework Term #1: Scarcity.  Definition: anything desirable and limited. Almost everything is limited because there are always other uses for resources. AND  Example: Oprah even deals with scarcity because she has limited time.OR  Pictogram: see board.OR  Circle or Bubble Map  Definition: anything desirable and limited. Almost everything is limited because there are always other uses for resources. AND  Example: Oprah even deals with scarcity because she has limited time.OR  Pictogram: see board.OR  Circle or Bubble Map

25. Homework Term #2: Allocate  Definition: To give or pass something out.  Example: My boss allocated the bathroom cleaning duty to me.OR  Pictogram: see board.OR  Circle or Bubble Map  Definition: To give or pass something out.  Example: My boss allocated the bathroom cleaning duty to me.OR  Pictogram: see board.OR  Circle or Bubble Map

26. Learning Targets  I will use cost-benefit analysis to evaluate decision.  I will define economic utility & rational decision-making.  I will use cost-benefit analysis to evaluate decision.  I will define economic utility & rational decision-making.

27. How do know if a decision is right for you?  Cost-benefit analysis is a way of making a decision.  Some things about the future are unknowable (the unintended consequences).  BUT, with the information known, make the best decision!  Cost-benefit analysis is a way of making a decision.  Some things about the future are unknowable (the unintended consequences).  BUT, with the information known, make the best decision!

28.  Costs of actions = trade-offs  Cost of buying Chick-fil-a this am:  $3 I spent  150 extra calories I ate  10 minutes out of way to work  No room in belly for banana muffin I baked  Guilt over eating chicken (since I’m a vegetarian)  Costs of actions = trade-offs  Cost of buying Chick-fil-a this am:  $3 I spent  150 extra calories I ate  10 minutes out of way to work  No room in belly for banana muffin I baked  Guilt over eating chicken (since I’m a vegetarian)

29.  Benefits of action = good effects  Benefits of buying Chick-fil-a this am:  10 grams extra protein  Happiness of yummy food  Happiness & usefulness of something = economic utility  The Chick-fil-a biscuit increased my economic utility, or made me happier.  Helped local economy through purchase  Benefits of action = good effects  Benefits of buying Chick-fil-a this am:  10 grams extra protein  Happiness of yummy food  Happiness & usefulness of something = economic utility  The Chick-fil-a biscuit increased my economic utility, or made me happier.  Helped local economy through purchase

30. Charting Cost-Benefit Analysis Benefits of Graduating High School Costs of Graduating High School PrideMissed income from working while in school Better job than no diploma Dealing with rules

31. Cost-benefit analysis = a better decision.  Rational decisions are when you systematically think of costs and benefits.  Only take the action if the benefits outweigh the costs.  Rational decisions happen when you use cost-benefit analysis.  Rational decisions are when you systematically think of costs and benefits.  Only take the action if the benefits outweigh the costs.  Rational decisions happen when you use cost-benefit analysis.

32. Rational Decision: I’m NOT going to rob a bank. Benefits of robbing bankCosts of robbing bank Lots of money in short timeHave to protect money – can’t put in bank Risk of being caught is high – then jail and maybe prison

33. Learning Targets:  Define and give examples of Factors of Production.  Explain how Division of Labor affects work pace.  Define and give examples of Factors of Production.  Explain how Division of Labor affects work pace.

34. Factors of Production = Productive Resources.  FOP  FOP = every kind of resource in the world  4 categories of FOPs:  Land  Labor  Capital  Entrepreneurs  FOP  FOP = every kind of resource in the world  4 categories of FOPs:  Land  Labor  Capital  Entrepreneurs

35. Land = gifts of nature  Natural resources given by the earth.  Animals are also land.  Examples: Dirt, wood, water, oil, horses  Natural resources given by the earth.  Animals are also land.  Examples: Dirt, wood, water, oil, horses

36. Labor = workers  Any person paid to do a job is a laborer.  Laborers are often told what to do by entrepreneurs.  Examples: teachers, bankers, pro athletes, President Obama  Any person paid to do a job is a laborer.  Laborers are often told what to do by entrepreneurs.  Examples: teachers, bankers, pro athletes, President Obama

37. Capital = tools & machines  Capital is man-made and helps get jobs done.  Capital can be simple (pencils) or complex (airplanes).  Examples: desks, computers, cars, glasses, hammers  Capital is man-made and helps get jobs done.  Capital can be simple (pencils) or complex (airplanes).  Examples: desks, computers, cars, glasses, hammers

38. Entrepreneurs = business owners  The brains of a business  The risk-takers  The boss of laborers  Examples: Bill Gates, Tyler Perry, Oprah, Steve Jobs, Beyonce, Justin Bieber  The brains of a business  The risk-takers  The boss of laborers  Examples: Bill Gates, Tyler Perry, Oprah, Steve Jobs, Beyonce, Justin Bieber

39. All FOPs are needed for every business.  All goods and services sold require at least 1 of each FOP.  Example: Babysitting business  Entrepreneur: founder  Land: home to watch kids  Labor: babysitter  Capital: crayons  All goods and services sold require at least 1 of each FOP.  Example: Babysitting business  Entrepreneur: founder  Land: home to watch kids  Labor: babysitter  Capital: crayons

40. Practice:  Create your own example – use 1 of each FOP for a construction company.

41. Division of Labor  Splitting up work between people to get it done faster  Like an assembly line  Each person does the same task repeatedly & gets faster  No transition times to move around – stay in same place  Splitting up work between people to get it done faster  Like an assembly line  Each person does the same task repeatedly & gets faster  No transition times to move around – stay in same place

42. Practice:  Explain how division of labor makes a football team or a school better.

43. FOP collage assignment  You will fill the outline of a person with pictures from magazines. The pictures should be glued in the general shape of a human body. The pictures should cover the outline of the person collage-style. Follow the order below.

44. Head: The brains of all Factors of Production are the entrepreneurs. Make sure your entrepreneur(s) owns a business and is not just a worker. Label on the side what business each entrepreneur owns and who she/he is. Glue a picture of an entrepreneur as the head. Arms: Your arms and hands vary from technical to physical work and so can your representative laborers. As long as people are working, they count as laborers. Glue pictures of laborers for the arms. Head: The brains of all Factors of Production are the entrepreneurs. Make sure your entrepreneur(s) owns a business and is not just a worker. Label on the side what business each entrepreneur owns and who she/he is. Glue a picture of an entrepreneur as the head. Arms: Your arms and hands vary from technical to physical work and so can your representative laborers. As long as people are working, they count as laborers. Glue pictures of laborers for the arms.

45. Torso: Your torso contains all your essential organs beyond the brain, and so too are land resources essential to the function of all other productive resources. Remember that natural resources include animals. Glue pictures of land resources for the torso. Legs: Your legs and feet are what make you mobile just like capital resources move your work along. Any tools, machines, and man-made objects count as capital. Glue pictures of capital for the legs. Torso: Your torso contains all your essential organs beyond the brain, and so too are land resources essential to the function of all other productive resources. Remember that natural resources include animals. Glue pictures of land resources for the torso. Legs: Your legs and feet are what make you mobile just like capital resources move your work along. Any tools, machines, and man-made objects count as capital. Glue pictures of capital for the legs.

46.  Written individual assignment:   In a short paragraph, describe a business (real or imaginary) that could use one picture from each category on your collage.  For example: (If there was a picture of a tree for a land resource on my collage)  My entrepreneur is ____________ and s/he started a ________ business. S/he could use trees for wood to make an office.  Written individual assignment:   In a short paragraph, describe a business (real or imaginary) that could use one picture from each category on your collage.  For example: (If there was a picture of a tree for a land resource on my collage)  My entrepreneur is ____________ and s/he started a ________ business. S/he could use trees for wood to make an office.

47. Debrief:  What helped some groups work faster than others?  What FoPs did you use to complete this assignment?  What are some of the problems of division of labor?  How do businesses solve problems of division of labor?  What helped some groups work faster than others?  What FoPs did you use to complete this assignment?  What are some of the problems of division of labor?  How do businesses solve problems of division of labor?

48. Finish Work from Tuesday:  Select one of the articles: “Boy Scouts Decision”, “Drug Laws”, or “Organ Donation”.  Summarize in 1-3 sentences what the central decision is in the article.  Create a cost-benefit chart for what YOU would do in that situation. Think of at least 3 costs and 3 benefits.  State in 1-3 sentences what decision you reached.  Select one of the articles: “Boy Scouts Decision”, “Drug Laws”, or “Organ Donation”.  Summarize in 1-3 sentences what the central decision is in the article.  Create a cost-benefit chart for what YOU would do in that situation. Think of at least 3 costs and 3 benefits.  State in 1-3 sentences what decision you reached.