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Economic Development
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McEachern, Macroeconomics 11e, Ch. 21
How might programs that send subsidized food and used clothing to poor countries have the unintended consequence of retarding economic development there?
Why are some countries so poor while others are so rich?
What determines the wealth of nations?
Why do families in low-income countries have more children than those in higher-income countries?
Why have abundant natural resources such as oil or diamonds turned out to be a curse for some countries?
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McEachern, Macroeconomics 11e, Ch. 21
Worlds Apart
Standard of living
Output per capita
Gross national income (GNI)
PPP adjusted
Three major groups
High-income economies
Middle-income economies
Low-income economies
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Exhibit 1
Share of World Population and World Output From High-, Middle-, and Low-Income Economies as of 2014
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Developing and Industrial Economies
Developing countries
Low- and middle-income economies
Emerging market economies
Higher illiteracy rate, higher unemployment
Faster population growth
Exports of primary products
Agricultural products
Raw materials
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Developing and Industrial Economies
Developing countries
Half of the labor force works in agriculture
Farm productivity is low
2014: 82% of the world’s population, produce 48% of the world’s output
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Developing and Industrial Economies
Industrial market countries
High-income economies
Economically advanced capitalist countries of
Western Europe, North America,
Australia, New Zealand, and Japan
Developed countries
3% of the labor force works in agriculture
2014, 18% of world population, produce 52% of world output
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Exhibit 2
Per Capita Income for Selected Countries in 2014
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Health and Nutrition
Developing countries
Poor health
Malnutrition
Disease: epidemics, malaria, HIV/AIDS
Lower life expectancy at birth
Greater child mortality rate
Higher infant mortality
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Health and Nutrition
Malnutrition
Poorest countries: consume only half the calories of those in high-income countries
The biggest single threat to the world’s public health, World Health Organization
Primary or contributing factor in more than half of the deaths of children under 5
In low-income countries
About a billion people on Earth don’t have enough to eat
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Health and Nutrition
Malnutrition
Diseases that are well controlled in industrial countries
Malaria, whooping cough, polio, dysentery, typhoid, and cholera
Can become epidemics in poor countries
Infant mortality rates
Much greater in low-income countries than in high-income countries
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Exhibit 3
Infant Mortality Rates per 1,000 Live Births as of 2014
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High Birth Rates
High fertility rates in developing countries
Larger families
Source of farm labor
No social security system
Declining standard of living
Population growth rates > growth rate in total production
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Exhibit 4
Average Number of Births During a Woman’s Lifetime as of 2014
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Women in Developing Countries
Poverty rate
Higher for women than men, particularly women who head households
Women
Work in home and in labor market
Less educated than men
Fewer employment opportunities
Lower wages than men
Less access to other resources
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Productivity: Key to Development
Labor productivity
Output per worker
Labor productivity depends on
The quality of labor
The amount of capital, natural resources, and other inputs that combine with labor
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Productivity: Key to Development
To increase labor productivity
Invest in human and physical capital
Domestic savings
Foreign funds
Poorest countries
Low income per capita
Low investment in human and physical capital
Poorly run businesses
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Productivity: Key to Development
Technology and education
Better use for available resources
More receptive to new ideas
Inefficient use of labor
Unemployment
Can’t find jobs
Underemployment
Employed in lower-skill jobs
Work part-time
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Productivity: Key to Development
The cycle of poverty
Low productivity results in low income
Low income can affect worker productivity
Less saving
Less investment in human and physical capital
Poor nutrition and insufficient health care
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Productivity: Key to Development
Natural resources
Abundant natural resource (oil)
Not enough to create industrial economy
Financial institutions
Low savings
High inflation
Small investment
Fewer credits provided by banks
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Productivity: Key to Development
Capital infrastructure
Transport
Communication
Sanitation
Electricity
Developing countries
Serious deficiencies in their physical infrastructures
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Exhibit 5
Mobile Phone Lines per 100 People for 2013
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Exhibit 6
Internet Users as Percent of Population for 2013
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Productivity: Key to Development
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurs who are able to bring together resources and take the risk of profit or loss
Sources of entrepreneurial experience in developing countries
McDonald’s
Other international franchises
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Productivity: Key to Development
Rules of the game
Formal and informal institutions
Laws, customs, conventions
Stable political environment
Well-define property rights
Social capital
Shared values and trust
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Productivity: Key to Development
Rules of the game, capitalism
Private ownership of most resources
Coordination of economic activity
Price signals generated by market forces
What, how, and for whom to produce it
Privatization
The process of turning government enterprises into private enterprises
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Productivity: Key to Development
Rules of the game, central planning
Government ownership of most resources
Allocation of resources
Central plans
Limited personal freedom
Social capital
The shared values and trust that promote cooperation in the economy
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Exhibit 7
GDP per Capita for Transitional Economies in 2014
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The Poorest Billion
The world
One-sixth rich
Two-thirds not rich but improving
One-sixth poor
Most developing economies
A rising standard of living
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The Poorest Billion
Extremely poor economies, “trapped”
Stagnant or getting worse
1 billion people
45 countries
30 countries in sub-Saharan Africa
Cambodia, Haiti, Laos, Myanmar, North Korea, and Yemen
750 million people - civil war
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The Poorest Billion
Poverty traps
Civil war
High proportion of young, uneducated men, with few job prospects
Imbalance between ethnic groups
Supply of natural resources: incentive to rebel
Misuse of natural resource wealth
300 million people
Dysfunctional or corrupt government
750 million people
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Income Distribution Within Countries
Among 12 nations in chapter’s exhibits
Poorest fifth of population received
7.7% of income in high-income countries
5.8% of income in middle-income countries
7.2% of income in low-income countries
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International Trade and Development
Trade problems for developing countries
Exports: primary products
Face wild price fluctuation
Imports: manufactured goods
Trade deficits
Restrict imports of capital goods
Face trade restrictions
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International Trade and Development
Migration and the brain drain
Migrants: $440 billion sent home in 2014
Brain drain
Import substitution
Domestic manufacturing of products that were imported
Problems
Erased gains from specialization
Inefficiency, Retaliation
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International Trade and Development
Export promotion
Produce for the export market
Emphasis on specialization
Efficiency
Less government intervention
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International Trade and Development
Trade liberalization and special interests
Difficulty pursuing policies conducive to development
Gains from economic development are widespread
Beneficiaries (consumers) do not recognize their potential gains
Losers tend to be concentrated
Producers: fight reforms that might harm their livelihood
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Foreign Aid and Economic Development
Foreign aid
International transfer made on especially favorable terms
For the purpose of promoting economic development
Grants and loans
Money, capital goods, technical assistance, food
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Foreign Aid and Economic Development
Bilateral assistance
Country-to-country
Multilateral assistance
World Bank
IMF
United States, last four decades
$400 billion in aid to the developing world
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
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Foreign Aid and Economic Development
Additional purchasing power
Possibility of increased investment, capital imports, and consumption
Unclear
Supplements domestic savings
Increasing investment
Or substitutes for domestic savings
Increasing consumption
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Foreign Aid and Economic Development
Source of discretionary funds
That benefit not the poor but their leaders
90% of the funds distributed by USAID
To governments - whose leaders assume responsibility for distributing these funds
Bilateral funding
Tied to purchases of goods and services from the donor nation
Unintended consequences
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Foreign Aid and Economic Development
1950s, U.S., Food for Peace program
Sell U.S. farm products abroad
Some recipient governments
Sold that food to finance poorly conceived projects
Low-priced food from abroad
Drove down farm prices in the developing countries
Hurting poor farmers there
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Foreign Aid and Economic Development
Used clothing
Donated to thrift shops and charitable organizations in industrialized countries
Wind up for sale in Africa
Low price discourages local textile production
Foreign aid
Raised the standard of living in some developing countries
But it didn’t increased their ability to become self-supporting at that higher standard of living
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Foreign Aid and Economic Development
Foreign aid
Insulated government officials
From their own incompetence
From the fundamental troubles of their own economies
Has helped corrupt governments stay in power
More than half of foreign aid now flows through private channels
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Do Economies Converge?
Convergence theory
Predicts that the standard of living in economies around the world
Will grow more similar over time
With poorer countries eventually catching up with richer ones
Developing countries can grow faster than advanced ones
It is easier to copy existing technology than to develop new ones
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Do Economies Converge?
Evidence on convergence
Some poor countries have begun to catch up with richer ones
The newly industrialized Asian economies
Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan (Asian Tigers)
Adopted the latest technology
Invested in human resources
Closed the gap with the world leaders
Are industrial market economies
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Do Economies Converge?
Evidence on convergence
Appear to be evidence of convergence in manufacturing productivity
Across a large group of developed and developing countries
1993 - 2012, growth in real GDP
5.4% for developing countries, more than double the average for industrial countries
1990 - 2010, living on less than $1 a day
Dropped from 43% to 21% of population
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Do Economies Converge?
Convergence has not begun for the poorest economies
Birthrates there are double those in richer countries
Poor economies must produce still more just to keep up with a growing population
Lack the human capital needed to identify and absorb new technology
Low education levels and low literacy rates
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Do Economies Converge?
Convergence has not begun for the poorest economies
Lack the stable macroeconomic environment and the established institutions needed to nurture economic growth
Reliable financial institutions
Serious deficiencies in infrastructures
Lack of a reliable source of electricity to power new technologies
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Do Economies Converge?
Convergence has not begun for the poorest economies
Some poor countries ravaged by civil war for years
Communicating can be challenging
Nigeria: more than 400 languages are spoken by 250 distinct ethnic groups
The roots of economic development go back centuries
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McEachern11e_Ch1.pptx
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The Art and Science
of Economic Analysis
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McEachern, Economics 11e, Ch. 1
Why are comic-strip and TV characters like those in FoxTrot, The Simpsons, and Family Guy missing a finger on each hand? And where is Dilbert’s mouth?
Which college majors pay the most?
In what way are people who pound on vending machines relying on theory?
Why is a good theory like a California Closet?
What’s the big idea with economics?
Finally, how can it be said that in economics “what goes around comes around”?
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The Economic Problem
The economic problem
Unlimited wants
Our wants, our desires are virtually unlimited
Scarce resources
The resources available to satisfy those wants are scarce
Not freely available
Its price exceeds zero
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The Economic Problem
Because of scarcity
You must choose from among your many wants
You must forgo satisfying some other wants
Economics
The study of how people use their scarce resources to satisfy their unlimited wants
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Resources
Goods and services are scarce
Because resources are scarce
Resources: inputs or factors of production
Used to produce the goods and services that people want
Labor
Capital
Natural resources
Entrepreneurial ability
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Resources
Labor
Physical and mental effort used to produce goods and services
We allocate our time to different uses
Sell it as labor
Spend it doing other things
Wages
Payment to resource owners for their labor
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Resources
Capital
Buildings, equipment, and human skills used to produce goods and services
Interest
Payment to resource owners for the use of their capital
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Resources
Physical capital
Human creations used to produce goods and services
Human capital
Knowledge and skill people acquire to increase their productivity
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Resources
Natural resources
All gifts of nature used to produce goods and services
Renewable
Exhaustible
Rent
Payment to resource owners for the use of their natural resources
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Resources
Renewable resource
Can be drawn on indefinitely if used conservatively
Exhaustible resource
Does not renew itself
Available in a limited amount
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Resources
Entrepreneurial ability
The talent required to dream up a new product or find a better way to produce an existing one
Comes from an entrepreneur
Profit
Reward for entrepreneurial ability
Sales revenue minus resource cost
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Resources
Entrepreneur
Profit-seeking decision maker who starts with an idea
Organizes an enterprise to bring that idea to life
Assumes the risk of the operation
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Goods and Services
Good
Tangible product used to satisfy human wants
Service
Activity, or intangible product, used to satisfy human wants
A good or service is scarce
If the amount people desire exceeds the amount available at a zero price
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Exhibit 1
Scarcity Means You Must Choose Among Options
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Goods and Services
Making choices in a world of scarcity
Means we must pass up some goods and services
Bads
We want none of them
Not even at a zero price
“The best things in life are free”
Most goods and services are scarce, not free
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Goods and Services
“There is no such thing as a free lunch”
All goods and services involve a cost to someone
May seem free to you
But it draws scarce resources away from the production of other goods and services
Whoever provides a free lunch
Often expects something in return
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Economic Decision Makers
Decision makers in the economy
Households
Firms
Governments
The rest of the world
Their interaction determines how an economy’s resources are allocated
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Economic Decision Makers
Households
As consumers
Demand the goods and services produced
As resource owners
Supply resources to firms, government, and the rest of the world
Firms, Governments, Rest of the World
Demand resources
Produce goods and services
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Markets
Market
Set of arrangements by which buyers and sellers carry out exchange at mutually agreeable terms
Product market
A market in which a good or service is bought and sold
Resource market
A market in which a resource is bought and sold
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A Simple Circular-Flow Model
Circular-flow model
A diagram that traces the flow of resources, products, income, and revenue
Among economic decision makers
Simple circular-flow model
Shows the interaction between households and firms
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Exhibit 2
The Simple Circular-Flow Model for Households and Firms
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Households earn income by supplying resources to resource markets, as shown in the lower portion of the model.
Firms demand these resources to produce goods and services, which they supply to product markets, as shown in the upper portion of the model.
Households spend their income to demand these goods and services. This spending flows through product markets as revenue to firms.
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Rational Self-Interest
Individuals are rational
Make the best choice given the available information
Maximize expected benefit achieved with a given cost
Minimize expected cost of achieving a given benefit
The lower the personal cost of helping others, the more help we offer
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Choice Requires Time & Information
Rational choice
Takes time and requires information
Time and information
Are themselves scarce and therefore valuable
Rational decision makers
Willing to pay for information
Acquire information if the additional benefit expected exceeds the additional cost
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Economic Analysis Is Marginal Analysis
Comparison
Expected marginal benefit
Expected marginal cost
Marginal
Incremental, additional, extra
Rational decision maker changes the status quo
If the expected marginal benefit exceeds the expected marginal cost
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Microeconomics
Microeconomics
Study of the economic behavior in particular markets
Individual economic choices
Markets coordinate the choices of economic decision makers
Individual pieces of the puzzle
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Microeconomics
Macroeconomics
Study of the economic behavior of entire economies
Performance of the economy as a whole
Business cycles: Rise and fall of economic activity
Relative to the long-term growth trend of the economy
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The Science of Economic Analysis
Economic theory, or economic model
A simplification of economic reality
Used to make predictions about cause and effect in the real world
A good theory
Helps us understand a messy and confusing world
Offers a helpful guide to sorting, saving, and understanding information
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The Role of Theory
Most people don’t understand the role of theory
People may substitute their own theory for a theory they either do not believe or do not understand
All of us employ theories, however poorly defined or understood
Pounding on the Pepsi machine
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The Scientific Method
Step 1
Identify the question
Define relevant variables
Variable
A measure that can take on different values at different times
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The Scientific Method
Step 2: Specify assumptions
Other-things-constant assumption
Focus on the relation among key variables
Other variables remain unchanged
Ceteris paribus
Behavioral assumption
Describes the expected behavior of economic decision makers
What motivates them
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The Scientific Method
Step 3: Formulate the hypothesis
How key variables relate to each other
To help make predictions about cause and effect in the real world
Hypothesis
Theory about how key variables relate
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The Scientific Method
Step 4: Test the hypothesis
Compare its predictions with evidence
Test the validity of a hypothesis
Reject the hypothesis
If it predicts worse than the best alternative theory
Use the hypothesis
Until a better one comes along
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Exhibit 3
The Scientific Method: Step by Step
The steps of the scientific method are designed to develop and test hypotheses about how the world works. The objective is a theory that predicts outcomes more accurately than the best alternative theory. A hypothesis is rejected if it does not predict as accurately as the best alternative. A rejected hypothesis can be modified or reworked in light of the test results.
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Normative Versus Positive
Positive economic statement
Can be proved or disproved by reference to facts
‘What is’
Normative economic statement
Reflects an opinion
Cannot be proved or disproved by reference to the facts
‘What should be’
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Economists Tell Stories
Economic analysis
Is as much art as science
Economists explain their theories
By telling stories about how they think the economy works
Case studies, anecdotes, parables, the personal experience of the listener, and supporting data
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Predicting Average Behavior
Individual behavior
Difficult to predict
But the random actions of individuals
Tend to offset one another
Average behavior of groups
Predicted more accurately than behavior of one individual
Economists focus on typical or average behavior of people in a group
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Some Pitfalls of Faulty Economic Analysis
Fallacy: an incorrect idea or belief
The fallacy that association is causation
The incorrect idea that if two variables are associated in time, one must necessarily cause the other
The fallacy of composition
The incorrect belief that what is true for the individual, or part, must necessarily be true for the group, or the whole
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Some Pitfalls of Faulty Economic Analysis
The mistake of ignoring the secondary effects
Ignoring the unintended consequences
Secondary effects
Unintended consequences of economic actions that may develop slowly over time as people react to events
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If Economists Are So Smart, Why Aren’t They Rich?
Some are
Earning over $25,000 per appearance on the lecture circuit
Earn $2 million a year as consultants and expert witnesses
Economists in federal cabinet posts
Secretaries of commerce, defense, labor, state, and treasury
Head the U.S. Federal Reserve System
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If Economists Are So Smart, Why Aren’t They Rich?
Economics
The only social science and the only business discipline for which the prestigious Nobel Prize is awarded
Pronouncements by economists
Are reported in the media daily
Economic models
Usually do a better job of making economic sense out of a confusing world than do alternative approaches
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College Major and Annual Earnings
Some factors that affect earnings among college graduates
General ability
Effort
Occupation
College attended
College major
Highest degree earned
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College Major and Annual Earnings
Major in economics (bachelors)
Rank: #6 of 20 majors (Exhibit 4)
Median wage
For 0-5 years experience: $51,400
For 10-20 years experience: $97,700
Rank among top 10% of 207 majors
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Exhibit 4
Median Annual Pay by College Major
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Understanding Graphs
Origin
Point of departure
Horizontal axis
Straight horizontal line starting at the origin
Vertical axis
Straight vertical line starting at origin
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Exhibit 5
Basics of a graph
Any point on a graph represents a combination of particular values of two variables. Here point a represents the combination of 5 units of variable x (measured on the horizontal axis) and 15 units of variable y (measured on the vertical axis). Point b represents 10 units of x and 5 units of y.
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Understanding Graphs
Graph
A picture showing how variables relate
Conveys information in a compact and efficient way
Time-series graph
Shows the value of a variable over time
Functional relation
The value of the dependent variable depends on the value of the independent variable
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Exhibit 6
U.S. Unemployment rate since 1900
A time-series graph depicts the behavior of some economic variable over time. Shown here are U.S. unemployment rates since 1900.
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Drawing Graphs
Types of relations between variables
Positive, or direct, relation
As one variable increases, the other increases
Negative, or inverse, relation
As one variable increases, the other decreases
Independent, or unrelated, variables
As one variable increases, the other remains unchanged
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Exhibit 7
Schedule Relating Distance Traveled to Hours Driven
The distance traveled per day depends on the hours driven per day, assuming an average speed of 50 miles per hour. This table shows combinations of hours driven
and distance traveled. These combinations are shown as points in Exhibit 8.
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Exhibit 8
Graph Relating Distance Traveled to Hours Driven
Points a through e depict different combinations of hours driven per day and the corresponding distances traveled. Connecting these points creates a graph.
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The Slope of a Straight Line
Slope
Change in vertical variable for a given increase in horizontal variable
Slope
Change in the vertical distance
Divided by the increase in the horizontal distance
Slope of a straight line
A constant value along the line
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Exhibit 9 (a), (b)
Alternative slopes for straight lines
The slope of a line indicates how much the vertically measured variable changes for a given increase in the variable measured along the horizontal axis. Panel (a) shows a positive relation between two variables; the slope is 0.5, a positive number. Panel (b) depicts a negative, or inverse, relation. When the x variable increases, the y variable decreases; the slope is - 0.7, a negative number.
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Exhibit 9 (c), (d)
Alternative slopes for straight lines
Panels (c) and (d) represent situations in which two variables are unrelated. In panel (c), the y variable always takes on the same value; the slope is 0. In panel (d), the x variable always takes on the same value; the slope is mathematically undefined but we simplify by assuming the slope is infinite.
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Slopes
Value of slope
Depends on units of measurement
Measures marginal effects
Slope of a curved line
Differs along the curve
Slope of a curved line at one point
Slope of the tangent
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$6
Total
cost
(b) Measured in yards
0
Feet of copper tubing
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$6
Total
cost
(a) Measured in feet
Exhibit 10
Slope depends on the unit of measure
The value of the slope depends on the units of measure. In panel (a), output is measured in feet of copper tubing; in panel (b), output is measured in yards. Although the cost is $1 per foot in each panel, the slope is different in the two panels because copper tubing is measured using different units.
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Exhibit 11
Slopes at different points on a curved line
The slope of a curved line varies from point to point. At a given point, such as a or b, the slope of the curve is equal to the slope of the straight line that is tangent
to the curve at the point.
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Exhibit 12
Curves with both positive and negative slopes
Some curves have both positive and negative slopes. The hill-shaped curve (in red) has a positive slope to the left of point a, a slope of 0 at point a, and a negative slope to the right of that point.
The U-shaped curve (in blue) starts off with a negative slope, has a slope of 0 at point b, and has a positive slope to the right of that point.
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Line Shifts
Change in the assumption
Changes the relationship between variables
Expressed by a line shift
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Exhibit 13
Shift of line relating distance traveled to hours driven
Line T appeared originally in Exhibit 8 to show the relation between hours driven and distance traveled per day, assuming an average speed of 50 miles per hour. If the average speed is only 40 miles per hour, the entire relation shifts to the right to T, indicating that any given distance traveled requires more driving time. For example, 200 miles traveled takes 4 hours of driving at 50 miles per hour but 5 hours at 40 miles per hour. This figure shows how a change in assumptions, in this case, the average speed assumed, can shift the entire relationship between two variables.
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Economic Tools
and Economic Systems
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Prepared by: V. Andreea Chiritescu, Eastern Illinois University
Reviewed by: William A. McEachern, University of Connecticut
McEachern, Economics 11e, Ch. 2
Why are you reading this book right now rather than doing something else?
What is college costing you?
Why will you eventually major in one subject rather than continue to take courses in various subjects?
Why is fast food so fast?
Why is there no point crying over spilled milk?
Why does common ownership often lead to common neglect?
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Choice and Opportunity Cost
Because of scarcity
Whenever you make a choice
You must pass up another opportunity
You must incur an opportunity cost
Opportunity cost
The value of the best alternative forgone when an item or activity is chosen
Opportunity lost
Monetary or non-monetary aspect
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The Opportunity Cost of College
Value of the best alternative forgone
Forgone income (full-time job: $20,000)
Minus income earned as student (part-time work: $10,000)
Plus direct cost of college
Tuition, fees, books ($12,000)
$20,000 - $10,000 + $12,000 = $22,000
Not included: room, board, personal expenses
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Opportunity Cost Is Subjective
Opportunity cost is subjective
‘The road not taken’
Calculating opportunity cost
Requires time and information
Time: the ultimate constraint
Even the rich face the problem of scarcity
Opportunity cost varies with circumstance
Depends on the alternative
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Sunk Cost and Choice
Sunk cost
Has already been incurred
Cannot be recovered
Irrelevant for present and future economic decisions
Economic decision makers
Relevant: costs affected by the choice
Irrelevant: sunk costs
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The Law of Comparative Advantage
Law of comparative advantage
The individual, firm, region, or country
With the lowest opportunity cost of producing a particular good
Should specialize in that good
Specialize
In the task that you do better
Specialization and exchange
Makes you better off
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Absolute vs. Comparative Advantage
Absolute advantage
Ability to make something
Using fewer resources than other producers use
Comparative advantage
Ability to make something
At a lower opportunity cost than other producers face
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The Law of Comparative Advantage
1 hour for typing papers and ironing shirts
You need half hour to type one paper and 10 minutes to iron a shirt
Your roommate needs one hour to type one paper and 12 minutes to iron a shirt
Absolute advantage
You, in both typing and ironing
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The Law of Comparative Advantage
Comparative advantage
Your opportunity cost of typing a paper is 3 ironed shirts
Your roommate’s opportunity cost of typing a paper is 5 ironed shirts
You have comparative advantage in typing
Your roommate has comparative advantage in ironing
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Specialization and Exchange
Barter
Direct exchange of one product for another without using money
Can be used in simple economies
Few goods, little specialization
Money
Facilitates exchange
Degree of specialization
Limited by the extent of the market
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Exhibit 1
Specialization in the Production of Cotton Shirts
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Division of Labor
Division of labor
Breaking down the production of a good into separate tasks
Increased productivity
Downside:
Repetitive
Tedious
Routine tasks – robots
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Division of Labor
Specialization of labor
Takes advantage of individual preferences and natural abilities
Allows workers to develop more experience at a particular task
Reduces the need to shift between different tasks
Permits the introduction of labor-saving machinery
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Economy’s Production Possibilities
PPF: production possibilities frontier
Assumptions of the PPF model
Output: consumer goods and capital goods
Production: 1 year
Resources are fixed (quantity, quality)
Technology and know-how are fixed
Rules of the game are fixed
Resources
Scarce for the economy
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Economy’s Production Possibilities
PPF
A curve showing alternative combinations of goods
That can be produced when available resources are used efficiently
The boundary line between inefficient and unattainable combinations
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Economy’s Production Possibilities
Resources are employed efficiently
When there is no change that could increase the production of one good
Without decreasing the production of the other good
Getting the most from available resources
Points on the PPF
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Inefficient and Unattainable Production
Inefficient combinations
Do not employ resources efficiently
Points inside the PPF
Unattainable combinations
Cannot be achieved with the existing resources, technology, know-how, and rules of the game
Points outside the PPF
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Exhibit 2
The Economy’s Production Possibilities Frontier
If the economy uses its available resources and its technology and know-how efficiently to produce consumer goods and capital goods, that economy is on its production possibilities frontier, AF. The PPF is bowed out to reflect the law of increasing opportunity cost; the economy must sacrifice more and more units of consumer goods to produce each additional increment of capital goods. Note that more consumer goods must be given up in moving from E to F than in moving from A to B, although in each case the gain in capital goods is 10 million units.
Points inside the PPF, such as I, represent inefficient use of resources.
Points outside the PPF, such as U, represent unattainable combinations.
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The Shape of the PPF
Movement down along PPF
Give up some consumer goods to get more capital goods
Law of increasing opportunity costs
To produce more of one good, a successively larger amount of the other good must be sacrificed
Slope of PPF
Opportunity cost of 1 unit of capital goods
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What Can Shift the PPF?
Economic growth
An increase in the economy’s ability to produce goods and services
Outward shift of the economy’s PPF
Changes in resource availability
Outward shift of PPF – increase in:
Size, health of labor force
Skills of labor force
Availability of other resources
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What Can Shift the PPF?
Increases in capital stock
More output; outward shift of PPF
3. Technological change and more know-how
Employs resources more efficiently
Outward shift of PPF
Improvements in the rules of the game
Formal and informal institutions
Economic growth
Outward shift of PPF
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Exhibit 3 (a), (b)
Shifts of the Economy’s PPF
When the resources available to an economy change, the PPF shifts. If more resources become available, if technology and know-how improve, or if the rules of the game create greater stability, the PPF shifts outward, as in panel (a), indicating that more output can be produced. A decrease in available resources or an upheaval in the rules causes the PPF to shift inward, as in panel (b).
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(a) Increase in available resources, better technology, more know-how, or improvement in the rules of the game
(b) Decrease in available resources
or greater uncertainty in the rules
of the game
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Capital goods
Consumer goods
Consumer goods
Capital goods
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Exhibit 3 (c), (d)
Shifts of the Economy’s PPF
When the resources available to an economy change, the PPF shifts. Panel (c) shows a change affecting consumer goods. More consumer goods can now be produced at any given level of capital goods. Panel (d) shows a change affecting the production of capital goods.
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(c) Change in resources, technology, know-how, or rules that benefits consumer goods
(d) Change in resources, technology, know-how, or rules that benefits capital goods
A
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Consumer goods
F
A
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Capital goods
Consumer goods
Capital goods
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What We Learn from the PPF?
Efficiency
The PPF describes efficient combinations of output
Given the economy’s resources, technology and know-how, and rules of the game
Scarcity
Given the resources, technology and know-how, and rules of the game
The economy can produce only so much output per period
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What We Learn from the PPF?
Opportunity cost
The PPF slopes downward
More of one good means less of the other good
The law of increasing opportunity cost
The PPF’s bowed-out shape
Some resources are not perfectly adaptable to the production of each type of good
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What We Learn from the PPF?
Economic growth
A shift outward of the PPF
Choice
Selecting a particular combination determines
Not only consumer goods and capital goods available this period
But also the capital stock available next period
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Economic Systems
Three questions
What goods and services are to be produced?
How are they to be produced?
For whom are they to be produced?
Economic system
Set of mechanisms and institutions
That resolve the what, how, and for whom questions
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Economic Systems
Criteria used to distinguish among economic systems
Who owns the resources
What decision-making process is used to allocate resources and products
What types of incentives guide economic decision makers
Range from
Pure capitalism to pure command system
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Pure Capitalism
Pure capitalism
There is no government
Rules of the game:
Private ownership of resources
Market distribution of products
Market system
Private property rights
An owner’s right to use, rent, or sell resources or property
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Pure Capitalism
Unrestricted markets
Buyers and sellers make their intentions known
Market prices
Guide resources to their most productive use
Channel goods and services to the consumers who value them the most
Answer the what, how, and for whom questions
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Pure Capitalism
Adam Smith (1723–1790)
Market forces allocate resources as if by an “invisible hand”
Unseen force that harnesses the pursuit of self-interest
To direct resources where they earn the greatest reward
Each individual pursues self-interest
“Invisible hand” of market forces promotes general welfare
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Pure Capitalism: Flaws
No central authority
To protect property rights
To enforce contracts
To ensure that the rules of the game are followed
People with no resources to sell
Could starve
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Pure Capitalism: Flaws
Monopoly
Some producers may try to monopolize markets by eliminating the competition
Side effects for people not involved
Side effects can harm or benefit people not involved in the market transaction
No public goods
Because firms cannot prevent nonpayers from enjoying the benefits of public goods
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Pure Capitalism: Flaws
Economic fluctuations
Alternating periods of expansions and recessions in the level of economic activity
Especially in employment and production
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Pure Command System
Pure command system
Public ownership of resources
Centralized planning
Communism
Government planners
Central plans
Direct resources
Coordinate production
Answer the three questions
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Pure Command System: Flaws
Resources
Are used inefficiently
Some are wasted
Each person has less incentive to employ them in their highest-valued use
Central plans
May reflect more the preferences of central planners (unelected dictators)
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Pure Command System: Flaws
Government responsible for all production
Limited variety of products
Each individual
Has less personal freedom in making economic choices
No profit
Less incentive to develop better products
Less incentive to find more efficient ways to make existing products
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Mixed and Transitional Economies
Increasing role of government
In capitalist economies
Increasing role of markets
In command economies
Government
Economic activity
Regulates the private sector
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Economies Based on Custom or Religion
Caste systems in India
Restrict occupational choices
Islamic law
Charging interest is banned
Family relations
Play significant roles in organizing and coordinating economic activity
Tradition
Some occupations are dominated by women, others by men
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Economic Decision Makers
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If we live in the age of specialization, then why haven’t specialists taken over all production?
For example, why do most of us still do our own laundry and perform dozens of other tasks for ourselves?
Why is the value of some products such as Facebook created mostly by users rather than by the suppliers?
If the “invisible hand” of competitive markets is so efficient, why does government get into the act?
And if specialization based on comparative advantage is such a good idea, why do most nations try to restrict imports?
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The Household
Households: starring role in a market economy
Demand for goods and services
Determines what gets produced
Supply labor, capital, natural resources, and entrepreneurial ability
Produces that output
Make all kinds of choices
What to buy, how much to save, where to live, and where to work
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The Evolution of the Household
Farm household
Self-sufficient
Better technology
Increased productivity
Growth in urban factories
Increased demand for factory labor
More specialized but less self-sufficient
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The Evolution of the Household
Women in the labor force
1950: 15% of women with young children
Today: 70% of women with children under 18
Rise in two-earner households
Produce less for themselves and demand more from the market
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Households Maximize Utility
Utility
Satisfaction received from consumption
Sense of well-being
Households attempt to maximize utility
Depends on each household’s subjective goals
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Households as Resource Suppliers
Resource suppliers
Labor, capital, natural resources, and entrepreneurial ability
To satisfy their unlimited wants
Most important: labor
To earn income
2014, personal income
More than two-thirds comes from labor earnings
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Households as Resource Suppliers
Sources of personal income, 2014
62% from wages and salaries
10% from transfer payments
9% proprietors’ income
Proprietors
People who work for themselves rather than for employers
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Households as Resource Suppliers
Transfer payments for households with few resources that are valued in the market
Cash transfers are monetary payments
Welfare benefits, Social Security, unemployment compensation, disability benefits
In-kind transfers provide for specific goods and services
Food, health care, housing
Short-term public assistance
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Households: Demanders of Goods and Services
Personal consumption
Largest spending of household personal income
Durable goods: expected to last 3 or more years
9% of personal income
Nondurable goods; 19% of personal income
Services; 55% of personal income
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Exhibit 1
Where U.S. Personal Income Comes From and Where It Goes
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The Firm
The efficiency arising from comparative advantage
Resulted in a greater specialization among resource suppliers
A firm is the natural result of comparative advantage and specialization
Reducing transaction costs
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The Evolution of the Firm
Cottage industry system
An entrepreneur supplied raw materials to rural households
18th century
Entrepreneurs organize the stages of production under one factory roof
Technological developments
Increased the productivity of each worker
Helped shift employment from rural areas to urban factories
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The Evolution of the Firm
Large, centrally powered factories
Efficient division of labor
Direct supervision of production
Reduce transportation costs
Bigger machines
Industrial Revolution
Large-scale factory production
Began in Great Britain around 1750
Spread to Europe, North America, Australia
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The Evolution of the Firm
Firms
Economic units formed by profit-seeking entrepreneurs
Who combine labor, capital, and natural resources to produce goods and services
Assume that firms try to maximize profit
Profit, the entrepreneur’s reward
Equals sales revenue minus the cost of production
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Types of Firms
Sole proprietorship
Single-owner firm
The owner
Has the right to all profits
Bears unlimited liability for the firm’s losses and debts
No partners or other investors
Most common type of business
Generate a tiny portion of all business sales
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Types of Firms
Partnership
Two or more owners
Combine their funds and efforts
Share the profits or losses
Bear unlimited liability for the firm’s losses and debts
Least common form of business
10% of all firms
15% of all business sales
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Types of Firms
Corporation
Legal entity owned by stockholders
Whose liability is limited to the value of their stock ownership
Survives if ownership changes hands
Voting board of directors
Corporate income is taxed twice
As corporate profits
As stockholder income (corporate dividends or realized capital gains)
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Types of Firms
S corporation
Provides owners with limited liability
Profits are taxed only once
A income on each shareholder’s personal income tax return
No more than 100 stockholders
And no foreign stockholders
Corporation
19% of businesses
81% of all business sales
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Exhibit 2
Percent Distribution by Type of Firm Based on Number of
Firms and Firm Sales
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Types of Firms
Cooperatives, co-op
People who pool their resources to buy and sell more efficiently than they could individually
Consumer cooperatives
Retail business owned and operated by some or all of its customers
To reduce costs
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Types of Firms
Producer cooperatives
Producers join forces to buy supplies and equipment and to market their output
To reduce costs and increase profits
Federal legislation allows farmers to cooperate without violating antitrust laws
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Not-for-Profit Organizations
Not-for-profit organizations
Do not pursue profit as a goal
Engage in different activities
Charitable; Educational; Humanitarian
Cultural; Professional
Not included: government agencies
Any revenue exceeding cost is plowed back into the organization
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Not-for-Profit Organizations
Not-for-profit organizations
Revenue
Voluntary contributions and service charges
E.g.: College tuition, hospital charges
Are usually exempt from taxes
1.6 million not-for-profit organizations in U.S.
Employ about 12 million workers
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User-Generated Products
Computer programming: open source
Linux – operating system
Apache – web server software
Firefox – web browser
LibreOffice – office suite
Wikipedia – information website
Facebook – social networking
YouTube – videos
Twitter – social networking
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User-Generated Products
Older user-generated products
Radio call-in shows
New technology has increased the opportunities for users
To create new products
To improve existing products
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Why Does Household Production Still Exist?
A household performs a task
If its opportunity cost of performing the task is below the market price
People with a lower opportunity cost of time
Do more for themselves
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Why Does Household Production Still Exist?
Reasons for household production
Few skills or special resources are required
Avoids taxes
Reduces transaction costs
Technological advances increase household productivity
Information revolution: technological change spawned by the microchip and the Internet
Enhanced the acquisition, analysis, and transmission of information
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The Government
Role of government
To intervene in case of market failure
Market failure
Arises when the unregulated operation of markets yields socially undesirable results
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The Role of Government
Establish and enforce rules of the game
Safeguard private property
Make sure that market participants abide by the rules of the game
Promote competition
Antitrust laws that prohibit
Collusion (agreement among firms to divide the market and fix the price)
Unfair business practices
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The Role of Government
Regulate natural monopolies
To lower price and increase output
Monopoly
Sole supplier of a product with no close substitutes
Natural monopoly
One firm that can supply the entire market at a lower per-unit cost than could two or more firms
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The Role of Government
Provide public goods
Funded with taxes
Private goods
Rival in consumption and exclusive
Public goods
Nonrival in consumption and nonexclusive
Once produced, are available for all to consume
Regardless of who pays and who doesn’t
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The Role of Government
Deal with externalities
Use taxes, subsidies, and regulations
To discourage negative externalities
To encourage positive externalities
Externality
Cost or benefit that affects neither the buyer nor seller
Affects people not involved in the market transaction
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The Role of Government
More equal distribution of income
Transfer payments
Fostering a healthy economy
Full employment
Price stability
Economic growth
Using fiscal and monetary policy
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The Role of Government
Fiscal policy
Use of government purchases, transfer payments, taxes, and borrowing
To influence economy-wide variables (inflation, employment, economic growth)
Monetary policy
Regulation of the money supply
To influence economy-wide variables (inflation, employment, economic growth)
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Government’s Structure and Objectives
National, or federal government
National security, economic stability, market competition
State government
Public higher education, prisons, highways, welfare
Local government
Primary and secondary education, police, fire protection
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Government’s Structure and Objectives
Difficulty in defining government objectives
About 89,150 government jurisdictions
1 nation with 50 states
3,000 counties
36,000 cities and towns
12,900 school districts
37,200 special districts
Not a single decision maker
Vote maximization
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Government’s Structure and Objectives
Voluntary exchange vs. coercion
Some government coercion
Enforced by the police
No market prices
Public output is usually offered at
Zero price
Or below the production cost
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The Size and Growth of Government
Government outlays relative to GDP
1929: 10% of GDP
Mostly state and local
2016: 38% of GDP, mostly federal
Defense spending: decreased from half in 1960 to less than one-fifth today
Redistribution: increased to more than half of outlays
Social Security, Medicare, and welfare programs
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Exhibit 3
Redistribution Has Grown and Defense Has Declined
as Share of Federal Outlays: 1960-2016
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Sources of Government Revenue
Taxes
Individual income tax (federal)
Income tax and sales tax (state)
Property tax (local)
Other sources
User charges: highway tolls, college tuition
Borrowing
Monopolize certain markets such as liquor and lotteries
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Exhibit 4
Payroll Taxes Have Grown and Corporate Taxes Have Declined as a Share of Federal Revenue: 1960-2016
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Tax Principles and Tax Incidence
Ability-to-pay tax principle
Those with a greater ability to pay
Earning higher incomes
Owning more property
Should pay more taxes
Benefits-received tax principle
Those who get more benefits from the government program should pay more taxes
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Tax Principles and Tax Incidence
Tax incidence
The distribution of tax burden among taxpayers
Who ultimately pays the tax
Evaluate tax incidence
Measure the tax as a percentage of income
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Tax Principles and Tax Incidence
Proportional taxation (flat tax)
The tax as a percentage of income remains constant as income increases
The dollar amount of taxes increases proportionately as income increases
Marginal tax rate
Percentage of each additional dollar of income that goes to the tax
If high: reduces people’s incentive to work and invest
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Tax Principles and Tax Incidence
Progressive taxation
Tax as a percentage of income increases as income increases
Increasing marginal tax rate
The U.S., progressive taxation
Seven marginal rates (personal income tax)
From 10 to 39.6% in 2015
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Tax Principles and Tax Incidence
U.S. personal income tax (progressive)
High-income households pay most of the federal income tax collected
More than 40% of all U.S. households pay no federal income tax
The top 1 percent of tax filers, based on income
Paid 38% of all income taxes collected in 2012
Their average tax rate = 23.5%
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Tax Principles and Tax Incidence
U.S. personal income tax (progressive)
The top 10 percent of tax filers
Paid 70% of all income taxes collected
Their average tax rate = 18.7%
The bottom 50 percent of tax filers
Paid only 2.8% of all income taxes collected
Their average tax rate = 3.0%
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Exhibit 5
Top Marginal Rate on Federal Personal Income Tax
Since 1913
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Tax Principles and Tax Incidence
Regressive taxation
Tax as a percentage of income decreases as income increases
Decreasing marginal tax rate
Most U.S. payroll taxes are regressive
Social Security taxes, 2015
Levied on the first $118,500 of worker’s pay
Employees and employers each pay 6.2% (self-employed pay the entire 12.4%)
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The Rest of the World
The rest of the world
Foreign households, firms, and governments
Affects what U.S. households consume
Affects what U.S. firms produce
Affects U.S. prices, wages, and profits
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International Trade
International trade
Occurs because of different opportunity costs of producing specific goods
The U.S. imports
Raw materials
Crude oil, bauxite, coffee beans
Finished goods
Cameras, computers, cut diamonds
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International Trade
The U.S. exports
Sophisticated products
Computer software, aircraft, movies
Agricultural products
Wheat, corn, cotton
From 6% of GDP in 1970 to 14% today
Top 10 destinations:
Canada, Mexico, China, Japan, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, South Korea, France, and Brazil
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International Trade
Merchandise trade balance
Value of a country’s exported goods minus the value of its imported goods
Includes only goods, not services
For the last 25 years, the U.S.
Imported more goods than exported
Merchandise trade deficit
Must be offset by a surplus in one of the balance-of-payments accounts
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International Trade
Balance of payments
Record of all economic transactions
Between residents of one country and residents of the rest of the world
During a given period
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Exchange Rates
Foreign exchange
Foreign money needed to carry out international transactions
Exchange rates
Price of one currency in terms of another
Determined in foreign exchange markets
E.g.: 1 euro exchanges for $1.10
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Trade Restrictions
Tariff
Tax on imports
Quota
Legal limit on the quantity of a particular product that can be imported or exported
Other trade restrictions
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Trade Restrictions
Why do most countries restrict trade?
Restrictions benefit certain domestic producers that lobby governments for these benefits
Higher prices
Hurt domestic consumers
Interfere with the free flow of products across borders
Hurt the overall economy
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Demand, Supply, and Markets
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Why do roses cost more on Valentine’s Day than during the rest of the year?
Why do TV ads cost more during the Super Bowl ($4.5 million for 30 seconds in 2015) than during Nick at Nite reruns?
Why do hotel room rates double in the host city during Super Bowl weekend?
Why do surgeons earn more than butchers?
Why do economics majors earn more than most other majors?
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Demand
Demand
The quantity consumers are willing and able to buy at each price during a given time period, other things constant
Relation between price and quantity demanded
Willing and able
Specific period
Other things constant
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Law of Demand
Law of demand
Quantity demanded varies inversely with price, other things constant
Higher price: lower quantity demanded
Consumer Demand
Not ‘consumer wants’
Not ‘consumer needs’
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Law of Demand
Substitution effect of a price change
When the price of a good falls
That good becomes cheaper compared to other goods
Consumers tend to substitute that good for other goods
Caused by a change in the relative price
Relative price
Price of a good relative to the prices of other goods
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Law of Demand
Income effect of a price change
A fall in the price of a good
Increases consumers’ real income
Consumers are more able to purchase goods
For a normal good, quantity demanded increases
The more important the item is as a share of your budget, the bigger the income effect
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Law of Demand
Money income
Number of dollars a person receives per period
Real income
Measured in terms of what it can buy
Purchasing power
Changes when price changes
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Demand Schedule and Demand Curve
Demand can be expressed as
A demand schedule
A demand curve
Demand schedule
Lists possible prices
Along with the quantity demanded at each price
Reflects the law of demand
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Demand Schedule and Demand Curve
Demand curve
A curve showing the relation between the price of a good and the quantity consumers are willing and able to buy
Per period
Other things constant
Downward slope
Reflects the law of demand
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McEachern, Economics 11e, Ch. 4
Demand Schedule and Demand Curve
Demand
Entire relationship between price and quantity demanded
Quantity demanded
Amount of a good consumers are willing and able to buy
Per period
At a particular price
Reflected as a point on the demand curve
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McEachern, Economics 11e, Ch. 4
Exhibit 1
Market Demand Schedule and Market Demand Curve for Pizza
The market demand curve D shows the quantity of pizza demanded, at various prices, by all consumers. Price and quantity demanded are inversely related other things constant, reflecting the law of demand.
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(a) Market demand schedule
(b) Market demand curve
D