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The focus should be on mastering in two-earner families.

What are the economic decisions these people are making?

If you want to understand how the markets for individual goods work, you need to understand more than the market for corn.

An economist who wanders into the us lives alone on interactions in order to understand wrong seminar and ends up listening an island must make decisions in how they can lead to the ups and downs of presentations on some unfamiliar environment.

We discuss the study in this section. The difference between economic analysis and economics is based on a set of make--say, what to have for breakfast.

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This is not an accurate description of every market.

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The answer is that an ad was made. Bangladesh is less productive than the United States in almost all of the industries that are related to clothing. The productiv United States is between rich and poor.

The production of simpler goods such as American workers is not possible in these countries. Bangladesh has a comparative advantage in clothing production as much as it is in produce.

The United States is less productive in supplying Bangladesh than it is in clothing production.

In the text, which country has an advantage?

There are multiple-choice questions on the test.

To answer the questions, refer to the graph.

Corn can be produced at a lower question.

Country A's opportunity cost of producing corn questions to help you become is 1/3 computer, so that is the lowest price it will accept to sell corn to Country B.

What is the cost of a bunch of corn? The two countries are making textiles.

The comparative advantage is provided for which country.

Country A learns how to write thoughtful answers. The second problem asks you to try a mini FRQ for yourself.

There is a small piece of the puzzle.

Button is often involved in positive economics. The reviews are made by a central authority.

They can't set their own prices or keep their own profi ts.

Some wrongly conclude that there is a rank that there is in terms of preference.

There are some countries.

There is a right to trade goods and services.

It's a comparative advantage to have a good ally and a low opportuity to produce something else.

The cost of making the same good is often confused by buyers.

The do assump wnturns tion says to double the output of meatballs.

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Allocative effi ciency is employed.

There are oli Frivoli graphs.

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The basic macroeconomic models we studied can be used to analyze scenarios and evaluate policy recommendations. A step-by-step approach to macroeconomic analysis is developed in this module. There are models of aggregate demand and supply, production possibilities, money markets, and thePhillips curve that can be adapted. By the end of the exam practice test, you will be able to combine mastery of macroeconomics with problem solving skills to analyze a new scenario on your own.

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You have to know where to start to analyze a situation.

There will be some initial, short-run effects.

Both countries will be better off.

For both equilibrium, the production possibilities curve.

There is a loss of weight.

The U.S. economy is currently operating at an aggregate output level above potential output.

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Corn and computers can be produced by Financial Markets and Crises Alpha andBeta.

The production of corn and computers is done by Country A.

The production of corn and computers is done by Country B.

The factors leading to the y A have a comparative advantage over the consequences of the fi nancial crises of 2008 150 units of textiles.

Country B has a comparative advantage in the economy textiles, what happens to the slope of the production of corn.

Country A has an advantage in the production of corn.

When you get a paycheck, you can use a credit card, borrow money, or both.

A recent study found that almost all of us.

Households have some form of checking or savings account.

The three tasks of a fi nancial system were explained in Module 22. The fi nancial system mostly performs these tasks through banks and mutual funds.

Problems in the banking system can affect the economy. Past problems have led to fi nancial regulations that help to ensure a safe and effi cient fi nancial system.

The causes and consequences of fi nancial crises, including the 2008 fi nancial crisis, will be looked at in this mod ule.

Banks are a major part of the econ markets and are necessary to facilitate the flow of funds from lenders to and bond. The markets that channel private saving into investment spending play in the economy.

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There are a lot of meetings and job interviews.

Thinkstock is a gathering of people to talk and listen. The stock market to who the cook wants. Your choices are affected by every question in economics at choices.

What are the economic decisions these people are making?

If you want to understand how the markets for individual goods work, you need to understand more than the market for corn.

An economist who wanders into the us lives alone on interactions in order to understand wrong seminar and ends up listening an island must make decisions in how they can lead to the ups and downs of presentations on some unfamiliar environment.

We discuss the study in this section. The difference between economic analysis and economics is based on a set of make--say, what to have for breakfast.

The first fruit you eat is the farmer in Iowa who we present the production possibilities all, about the choices that individuals provided the corn in your cornflakes. Curve model is used to understand make. Do you download a new album or not?

It isn't economics if it isn't about choice.

There are many decisions about what not to do.

There isn't much space for coordinating a society's room. You have to choose which products to buy and which to leave on the shelf because of the limitations on your budget.

There isn't a central authority involved in the decisions.

Command economies were tried in the Soviet Union between 1917 and 1991, but they didn't work very well.

Consumers were not always able to find the right choices.

When there is a shortage of something, individuals with the right to trade are free to charge higher prices. Incentives for producers to each other are provided by high prices and profits.

Economists don't like to think that trying to change people's behavior of the costs and benefits doesn't change their incentives. A plan that calls on manufacturers to do a little bit more of an activity is an example.

With the right to own property comes the incentive to produce things of value, either to that come from nature, such keep, or to trade for mutual gain. Ownership creates an incentive to use the resources in the best way possible. Property rights to a lake give the owners an incentive.

Goods used to make other involve trade-offs at the margin, comparing the costs and benefits of doing a little bit.

If the marginal benefit of making another car, reading another page, or buying in organizing resources outweighs the marginal cost, the activity should continue. Taking risks to create new enterprises should not be production.

Individual choice is involved in all economic activities.

A beautiful house in a great location, two or three luxury cars, and frequent vacations in fancy hotels are what almost everyone would like to have.

In order to live where land is cheaper, students of microeconomics should accept a longer commute.

Any time you want. There are only 24 hours in a day.

Larger supermarkets usually have higher prices than convenience stores. They fulfill a valuable role, but be careful when you see key caters to customers who would rather pay more than spend the time traveling farther terms you already know, because economists have special to a supermarket where they might also have to wait in longer lines.

For example, there are limited supplies of oil and coal, which currently provide most Questions on the AP(r) exam gener of the energy used to produce and deliver everything we buy.

Allowing and services is one way for a society to make choices. Money, stocks, and bonds are only some examples.

Each of the millions of individuals in the economy makes his or her own choice about where to shop, and society's choice is simply the sum of those individual decisions.

Some decisions that a society makes are best left to individual choice. Two of the authors of this book live in an area that used to be mostly farmland but is now being rapidly built up. If some of the land were left undeveloped, the community would be a nicer place to live in. No one has an incentive to keep their land open space rather than sell it.

Sometimes decisions about how to use scarce resources should be made at a community level.

If it is the last term before you graduate from high school, you have to decide which college to attend. You have narrowed your choices to a small liberal arts college or a large state university. No matter which college you attend, you will have to pay for tuition, books, and housing.

The cost of attending the large state university has been added to the cost of choosing the local college.

Individual choice is dependent on opportunity costs.

Charles can't spend money on one thing and time on another. If you spend fifteen dollars on a pizza, you don't get the chance to spend fifteen dollars on a steak. You can't do homework on Saturday afternoon if you spend the day at the park. You can't attend another school if you attend one.

The examples show that economists are concerned with more than just costs. There is no direct monetary cost to the forgone opportunity to do homework. If the local college and the state university have the same tuition and fees, the cost of choosing one school over the other has nothing to do with payments and everything to do with forgone opportunities.

If tuition and fees at the state university are less than at the local college, then that's a good thing.

Monetary costs of making that choice are Inc./Alamy.

High school graduates can either go to college or work immediately.

The concept of opportunity cost and even with a full scholarship, college would be free.

Basic Economic Concepts would have a job if they weren't in college. Students who go to college don't make as much money as they could if they went straight to work.

The value of a college degree is much higher than alternative earnings for most people. The opportunity cost of going to college is high for people who could make a lot of money in college.

The opportunity cost would have included his $13 million contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers and even more from corporate sponsors. The opportunity cost of completing college was too much for some high achieving people.

At its most basic level, economics is about individual choice.

Microeconomics focuses on choices made by individuals, households, firms, and smaller parts of the economy.

A micro economic ver summarize data across sion of the question appears on the left, with a similar macroeconomic question many different markets on the right.

You can get a sense of the difference between macroeconomics and microeconomics by comparing the questions.

Microeconomics focuses on how individuals and firms make decisions and the consequences of those decisions. Microeconomics can be used to determine how much it would cost to offer a new course, which includes the instructor's salary, the cost of class materials, and so on.

The school can decide whether or not to offer the course by weighing the costs and benefits.

Throughout the book, we will see how economic analysis draws on basic economic principles. It depends on the purpose of the analysis.

The increase in revenue depends on other factors besides the toll, and it may be hard to disentangle the causes of any change in revenue. There is only one correct answer.

Two people who agree on the effects of a higher toll could still disagree about whether raising the toll is a good idea. A person who doesn't commute on the turnpike but cares about noise and air pollution will not care much about the costs.

A regular commuter who doesn't live near the turnpike will have different priorities.

This example shows a key difference between the two roles of economic analysis and shows another way to think about it. Economists spend most of their time on positive economics.

If the toll were to increase, question 2 asks how revenue would change. Economists answer both types of questions.

The answers to such questions are not prescriptions, but pre dictions. They tell you what will happen if a policy is changed, but they don't tell you if it's a good result. The governor's proposed increase in highway tolls will raise property values in communities near the road but will tax people who use the turnpike to get to work, according to your economic model. Someone who is very concerned with the welfare of drivers will feel differently. It's not a question of positive economic analysis.

Economists often give policy advice. One answer is that economists are citizens as well. Economic analysis can show that some policies are better than others.

If policies A and B achieve the same goal, but policy A makes everyone better off than policy B, at least some people will be better off without making other people worse off. A is more beneficial than B. We're talking about how best to achieve a goal, not about the goal itself.

Rent control and rent subsidies are two different policies that have been used to help low-income families get housing. Most economists agree that subsidies are the better policy.

Economists generally agree when policies are ranked in this way. It's no secret that economists disagree.

Economists argue with each other. One important answer is that media coverage exaggerates the differences between economists. The professional consensus tends to go unreported if almost all economists agree on an issue, such as the idea that rent controls lead to housing shortages. It makes a good news story when prominent economists are on opposite sides of an issue. You hear more about the areas of disagreement among economists than you do about the areas of agreement.

Economics is often tied up in poli tics. Powerful interest groups have opinions on a number of issues. They have an incentive to find and promote economists who profess those opinions, which gives these economists a prominence and visibility out of proportion to their support among their colleagues.

Some highly respected economists argue that the U.S. is a racist country.

Some equally respected economists disagree.

In any diverse group of individuals, reasonable people can differ in values. A value-added tax falls more heavily on people with low incomes. A value-added tax is likely to be opposed by an economist who values a society with more social and income equality. Economists with different values will be less likely to oppose it.

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Economists base their conclusions on models that are easy to understand. Two economists disagree with The Buffalo News.

One popular economist joke says that fessional economists want to do away with rent control.

Do economists really disagree more than 80% of the time?

What is striking about the two state deal of common ground?

The costs of monitoring compliance, processing tax forms, collecting the tax, and so on are the administrative costs of tax systems. The economist might argue against the change because of the high costs of administering a value-added tax. The right way to approach the question is to ignore the administrative costs and focus on how the proposed law will change individual savings behavior, according to economist B. Studies suggest that value-added taxes promote higher consumer saving. The economists arrive at different conclusions because they have made different assumptions. The two economists may disagree on the issue.

Most disputes are resolved by the discovery that the various assumptions made by economists do a better job of fitting the facts. In economics, it can take a long time before research settles important disputes. Since the economy is always changing in ways that make old approaches invalid or raise new policy questions, there are always new issues on which economists disagree. The policy maker has to make a decision.

Explain your answer by giving an example of a resource from each of the four answers.

There should be measures taken to prevent people from working there. You are considering a job offer.

People engage in dangerous behavior every year.

The test has multiple-choice questions.

The price of gas is going up.

The price of gas is too high.

The price of gas is expected to fall.

There is a finite amount of fuel.

Farming communities are experiencing dry weather.

Cassette tapes are no longer being made.

The economy TV and music prices are the same.

There are free-response questions for tackle the test. Questions have resources in economic analysis.

Land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship comprise the economy's resources.

The need to make choices is caused by scarcity.

In economics and how they change over the business cycle, explain how employment and price stability are models. There were many people living in squalor there in 1932. At that time, Central Park contained one of the many "Hoovervilles" that sprang up across America as a result of a catastrophic economic slump that started in 1929. Millions of people were out of work and unable to feed their families. In 1933, the U.S. economy would stage a partial recovery. The Great Depression of the 1930s was caused by high joblessness.

The shantytowns were named after President Herbert Hoover. The president and his advisers didn't seem to know what to do to improve the situation when the Depression hit. The field of macroeconomics was still in its infancy. After the economy was plunged into catastrophe, economists began to closely examine how the macroeconomy works and to develop policies that might prevent such disasters in the future.

The effort to understand economic slumps and find ways to prevent them is at the core of macroeconomics.

Key features of macroeconomic analysis will be explored in this module.

Some of the field's major concerns include business cycles, employment, aggregate output, price stability, and economic growth.

These are followed by economic upturns.

Employment is falling during the average recession.

The average expansion lasted 58 months. The shortest business cycle was 18 months, and the longest was 10 years and 8 months. The most recent downturn began in December of 2007.

The shaded areas show the recessions in the figure.

The business cycle is important to the economy.

The different phases of the business guided policies help smooth out the business cycle and stabilizing the economy.

There are three issues: employment and unemployment, aggregate output and growth.

A recession is not as bad as a depression.

To understand how job loss relates to the adverse effects of recessions, we need to look for work but not understand how the labor force is structured.

Some readers may be wondering how recessions in the United States are avoided.

The rule that is adopted by economists in many countries is at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

The panel makes a decision on the two-consecutive-quarter requirement.

There is no lasting significance to the economy's performance over the 2001 recession. According to the recessions.

Some critics argue that the recession began when industrial production began falling, and that the economy has three months to argue about it.

Critics argue that the recession didn't end in decline because employment continued to fall and the job nine-month recession continued.

A high unemployment rate is indicative of a poor job market in which jobs are hard to find, and a low unemployment rate is indicative of a good job market in which jobs are relatively easy to find. The unemployment rate is rising during recessions and falling during expansions. The graph shows changes in the unemployment rate.

It was difficult to find a job in 2009.

The unemployment rate can be brought down to 4% or even lower by a booming economy. The unemployment rate can go into double digits during a severe recession.

Fewer workers are needed at lower levels of output.

The economy's total production of goods and services for a given time period is usually a year.

The average production worker in the United States made $3.40 an hour in 1970.

By October of last year, the average hourly earnings for such a worker had risen to $19.65.

American workers were paid more in the year, but they also faced a higher cost of living. The price of a dozen eggs went up to $1.93 by October of last year. The price of a loaf of bread went up. The price of a gallon of gasoline went from just $0.33 to $3.43. If we compare the percentage increase in hourly earnings between 1970 and October 2013 with the increases in the prices of some standard items, we see that the average worker's paycheck goes just as far as it did in 1970. The wage gains of the typical worker were wiped out by the cost of living increase.

Problems for the economy can be caused by inflation and deflation. Cash loses value if the price level is rising.

If the price level goes up, a dollar will buy less than before. In periods of rapidly rising prices, people stop holding cash and instead trade goods for goods, as we will see later in our discussion of inflation.

The opposite problem can be caused by deflation. If the price level falls, a dollar will buy more than before. It is more attractive for people with cash to hold on to it than to invest in new factories and other productive assets. This can cause a recession.

Other costs of inflation and deflation will be looked at in later modules.

Americans were happy with the nation's prosperity in 1955. The economy was growing, consumer goods that had been rationed during World War II were available for everyone to buy, and most Americans believed that they were better off than any other nation. Americans were poor in 1955. In 1955, only 33% of American homes had washing machines, and hardly anyone had air conditioning. Life for most Americans was primitive by today's standards if we go back to 1905.

Economic growth is an increase in productive capacity that permits a sustained rise in aggregate output over time, unlike the short-term increases in aggregate output that occur as an economy recovers from a downturn in the business cycle.

The U.S. economy's aggregate output per person was more than eight times larger than it was in 1900.

A nation's prosperity is dependent on economic growth. A rise in out put per person allows for higher wages and a rising standard of living.

Growth is a central concern of economic policy.

When studying macroeconomics, you will see that the goal of economic growth can be in conflict with the goal of recovery from an economic downturn.

macroeconomics is concerned with the long-run trends in an economy.

The Great Depression began with a recession that cost $50,000.

The use of models in economics growth is not always indicated by changes in real GDP. In 1901, one year after their first glider flights at Kitty Hawk, the Wright brothers built real GDP when there was something else that would change the world. They were able to experiment with many different designs for wings and control surfaces because of this apparatus.

They were given knowledge that would make heavier-than-air flight possible. It is cheaper and safer to test an airplane design in a wind tunnel than it is to build a full-scale version. Modelling plays a crucial role in almost all scientific research.

How do we make a simplified representation of an economic situation?

An economist's equivalent of a wind tunnel is to find or create a simplified economy. The system of exchange that developed in World War II prison camps, in which cigarettes became a universally accepted form of payment, has been studied by economists interested in the economic role of money.

There is a chance that the economy can be modeled on a computer. The proposed changes would affect different groups of people. graphs and equations can be used to depict models.

In the next module you will learn how graphical models show the relationships between variables and reveal the effects of changes in the economy.

The simplicity of models allows economists to focus on one change at a time.

It is not always possible to create a small-scale version of the whole econ assumption.

The construction of thought experiments is the most effective form of economic modeling. Throughout the book, economists' models are often in the form of a graph.

The test has multiple-choice questions.

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Explain why inflation is different from the other concept.

The period of recovery after an economic downturn is called an expansion.

The capacity of the economy is increased by economic growth.

Expansion can happen regardless of the economy's long-term potential for production, and it only lasts until the next downturn, while economic growth increases the economy's ability to produce more goods and services over the long term.

Understanding can be aided by a good economic model. The production possibilities curve helps us understand efficiency, opportunity cost, and economic growth.

Hanks played the role of a sole survivor of a plane crash who was stranded on a remote island. The Hanks character had limited resources: the natural resources of the island, a few items he managed to save from the plane, and his own time and effort. He had to make a living. He became a one-man economy.

The principle of resources being scarce is one of the important principles of economics. If a person devotes to have something else.

We can show the trade-offs graphically.

It answers the questions produced.

It is possible to draw a cor and gather 9 coconuts. The curve tells us that if Tom catches 20 fish, he can get a maximum of 15 coconuts, so he can use it to identify opportunity cost, efficient points, and 9 coconuts.

Tom's production possibilities would curve if he devoted all his resources to catching fish. Most people catch 40 fish a week but don't have enough money to get coconuts. The production possibilities curve intersects the vertical axis at 30 coconuts. Tom could gather 30 coco specialization of resources if he devoted all his resources to gathering coconuts.

Tom can't have any fish if he wants 30 coconuts.

The curve shows less extreme trade-offs.

The production possibilities curve simplifies reality. Millions of different goods are produced in the real world. A person on an island would need more than one item, for example, he would need clothing and housing as well as food. It would be hard to study trade-offs, efficiency, and economic growth in a model with many goods.

Some students may be forced to sit on the floor or stand in a classroom that is too small for at least one person number of students.

The school has production possibilities.

In our classroom example, if all larger classrooms were fully occupied, we could say that the school was run in an efficient way, and your classmates could be made better off only by making people in the that makes consumers as well off as possible.

If Tom produces a combination of coconuts and fish that is on the production possibilities curve, his production is efficient.

This one-person economy would not be productive and inefficient because it is missing the chance to produce more goods.

An example of inefficiency in production is when people who are involuntarily unemployed are unable to find work.

If those people were employed, the economy would be more productive.

If there were no unemployment, a large classroom would be more efficient than a crowded one. The economy isn't reaching its possibilities if it isn't using all of it.

The economy is closer to reaching its possibilities as unemployment decreases.

The economy needs to allocate its resources so that consumers are not left out.

These two situations may not be the same. He would rather eat 28 fish and 9 coconuts than 20 fish and 15 coconuts.

To be efficient, an economy must pro duce as much of each good as it can, given the production of other goods, and also produce the mix of goods that people want to consume.

The opportunity cost of the 8 fish is 6 coconuts. Since 8 extra fish have an opportunity cost of 6 coconuts, 1 fish has an opportunity cost of opportunity lost.

The answer is yes in the example illustrated by Figure 3.1. The number of coconuts Tom gathers will fall from 9 to zero if he increases his catch from 28 to 40 fish. His opportunity cost per additional fish is the same as it was when he caught 20 fish. The assumption we've made that the opportunity cost of an additional fish in terms of coconuts is always the same is reflected in the way Figure 3.1 is drawn. The production possibilities curve is a straight line if we assume that the opportunity cost of an additional unit of a good doesn't change.

The slope of a straight-line production possibilities curve is equal to the opportunity cost for the good measured on the horizontal axis and the good measured on the vertical axis. The production possibilities curve model can be used to examine situations in which opportunity costs change as the mix of output changes.

The more fish he catches, the more coconuts he has to give up to catch another fish. To go from producing zero fish to producing 20 fish, he has to give up 5 coconuts. The cost of those 20 fish is 5 coconuts. He must give up 25 more coconuts to increase his fish production from 20 to 40.

It's useful to assume that the production possibilities curve is a straight line, but economists believe that opportunity costs are increasing. When a small amount of a good is produced, the opportunity cost of producing that good is low because the economy needs only those resources that are well suited for its production. If an economy grows a small amount of corn, it can be grown in places where the soil and climate are perfect for growing corn, but less suitable for growing anything else, such as wheat. To grow corn, you have to give up a small amount of wheat. Once the economy grows a lot of corn, land that is good for wheat but not so good for corn must be used to produce corn. The extra corn production requires sacrificing more wheat production. As more of a good is produced, its opportunity cost rises because well-suited inputs are used up and less adaptable inputs must be used instead.

Economic growth is a fundamental feature of the economy. Although the U.S. economy produces more things than it did a century ago, it produces less things like horse-drawn carriages. Production of many goods is down.

There are two main sources of economic growth. There is an increase in the resources used to produce goods and services. If Tom finds a fishing net on the beach, he can see how adding to an economy's resources leads to economic growth. He can use the fishing net to produce more fish during a day of fishing. We don't know how many fish Tom will catch, but we can say that he will spend more time fishing now that he has a net. The net makes his fishing more productive, so he can catch more fish, or he can collect more coconuts. His possibilities shift outward.

Tom might come up with a better way to catch fish or gather coconuts by inventing a fishing hook or a wagon. His production possibilities would be shifted by either invention. If all resources are devoted to the other good, a fishing hook won't work if Tom only produces coconuts.

The choices people make will affect the economy. After his production possibilities expand, Tom might not choose to produce more fish or coconuts, he might choose to increase production of only one good, or he might even choose to produce less of one good. If he gets better at catching fish, he might decide to go on an all-fish diet and skip coconuts, just as the introduction of motor vehicles led most people to give up horse-drawn carriages. The economy has become smaller if the production possibilities curve inward. If the economy loses resources or technology, this could happen.

The production possibilities curve is a simplified model of an economy that teaches important lessons. It shows the concept of opportunity cost and gives us a clear idea of what economic growth is all about.

An increase in the amount of resources available to efficient and points outside a production is inefficient.

A technological change that allows Tom to catch more fish relative to any amount of coconuts resulted in a change in his production possibilities curve.

To answer the questions, refer to the graph.

There are free-response questions for tackle the test.

As more guns are produced, the opportunity cost increases.

The country would choose an efficient point with more military goods with which to fight the war.

A family can try to take care of its own needs by growing its own food, sewing its own clothing, and writing its own economics textbooks. It would be very difficult to live that way.

Goods and services in return are the reason we have an economy.

Smith's book begins with a description of a performer.

The content could make up to forty-eight thousand pins in a day. If they had all done their own thing, and without the free-response and multiple-choice sections of the exam, the module would show up.

The same principle applies when we look at how people trade in an economy.

The benefits of specialization make it possible for a person to focus on only one type of good or service. It takes a long time to become a doctor and a long time to become a commercial airline pilot. It is not likely that anyone who decided to pursue both careers would be as good a pilot or a doctor as someone who only specialized in one of those professions. Everyone's advantage is when individuals specialize in their career choices.

Markets allow a doctor and a pilot to specialize in their fields.

A doctor is assured that she can find a flight and a pilot is assured that he can find a doctor because of the markets for commercial flights and doctors' services. If individuals know that they can find the goods and services they want in the market, they are willing to specialize.

Let's assume that a second person named Hank is washed up on the shore, and that Tom is the only one left on his island.

If the two castaways do well, there will be potential gains from trade. If Tom is a skilled fisherman and Hank is good at climbing trees, it makes sense for Tom to catch fish and Hank to gather coconuts, and for the two men to trade the products of their efforts.

One of the most important insights in economics is that there are gains from trade even if one of the parties isn't very good at it. If Hank is less suited to primitive life than Tom, then even his coconut-gathering leaves something to be desired. Tom and Hank can live better if they trade with each other.

Let's go back to the simple case of straight-line production possibilities curves. The slope of his production possibilities curve is -3/4, which means that his opportunity cost of 1 fish is 1/3 of a coconut.

Hank's production possibilities curve is a straight line, implying a constant opportunity cost of fish in terms of coconuts. His production possibilities curve has a constant slope.

Hank can only produce 10 fish or 20 coconuts. Tom sacrifice 1/3 of a coconut per fish caught, for Hank the opportunity cost of a fish is 2 whole coconuts.

Tom and Hank could both live on their own side of the island, catching their own fish and gathering their own coconuts.

There is a constant cost of 1/3 of a coconut here.

The cost of fish and a straight-line production cost of 1/3 of a coconut are constant here.

They can strike a deal that makes both of them better off, because they have different opportunity costs. Hank produces 20 coconuts per week and gives 10 to Tom. Tom now consumes more fish and coconuts than before. Hank went from 6 fish and 8 coconuts to 10 fish and 10 coconuts. Tom's consumption of fish increases by two and Hank's consumption of coconuts increases by one, as shown in Table 4.2.

Both of them are better off when they specialize in what they do and trade with each other. It's a good idea for Tom to catch the fish for both of them, because his opportunity cost of a fish is less than 2 coconuts for Hank. It's a good idea for Hank to get coconuts for both of them.

We could describe the situation in a different way. The opportunity cost of gathering coconuts is high because Tom is so good at catching fish. The opportunity cost of gathering coconuts is less because Hank is a poor fisherman.

Hank has an advantage in gathering coconuts and Tom has an advantage in catching fish.

It might seem as though Tom doesn't have anything to gain from trading with Hank. The basis for mutual gain is an absolute tage. It doesn't matter that it takes Hank more time to get a coconut than it does to get a coconut, what matters is that he has a comparative advantage.

Hank has an advantage in coconut gathering. Tom has a disadvantage in coconut gathering because he can use his time better by catching fish.

Tom and Hank traded 10 coconuts for 10 fish, so each coconut traded for one fish.

Tom or Hank would definitely reject some of the terms. Tom wouldn't trade 2 fish per coconut, because he only gives up 4 fish per coconut without trade.

To find the range of mutually beneficial terms of trade for a coconut, look at each person's opportunity cost of producing a coconut. Hank will produce coconuts because he has an advantage in gathering coconuts. 1/2 fish per coconut is Hank's opportunity cost. Tom has an opportunity cost of 4/3 fish per coconut.

Tom and Hank would benefit from any terms of trade between 1/2 fish per coconut and 4 fish per coconut.

The opportunity costs are summarized in Table 4.1. Hank can gain 1/2 fish by giving up a coconut if he doesn't trade with Tom. Hank will not accept a deal that gives him less than 1/2 fish per coconut. If Hank gets more than 1/2 fish per coconut, he benefits from trade. The terms of 1 fish per coconut are acceptable to Hank.

Tom gives up 4/3 fish to get a coconut when he doesn't trade with Hank. Tom won't accept a deal that requires him to pay more than 3 fish per coconut. If Tom pays less than 4/3 fish per coconut, he will benefit from trade. The terms of 1 fish per coconut are acceptable to Tom as well.

The islanders would be better off if the price was between 1/2 fish and 4 fish per coconut. The terms of trade are determined by the islanders' negotiation skills.

Tom and Hank will only trade if the price of the good is less than the cost of producing it.

It's the same for international trade. The terms of trade are determined by the opportunity cost of the producer and the opportunity cost of the buyer.

The story of Tom and Hank is easy to understand. It teaches us important lessons that apply to the real economy.

The story shows a key point that is often overlooked.

Gains from trade are perhaps its most important application.

The model of comparative advantage can be used to understand the causes and effects of international trade.

If you look at the label on a manufactured good that is sold in the United States, it's likely that it was made in other countries like China or Japan. Many U.S. industries sell a lot of their output overseas.

The nation should produce its own goods rather than buying them from foreigners, according to Basic Economic Concepts. Japanese farmers want to keep out American rice, while American steelworkers want to keep out European steel. Public opinion supports these demands.

Economists have a positive view of international trade. They view it as having a comparative advantage. American exports of pork to Canada and Canadian exports of aircraft to the United States are the basis of the hypothetical example.

The United States and Canada have pork measured on the horizontal axis and aircraft on the vertical axis. The U.S. production possibilities curve is flatter than the Canadian one, which suggests that it costs less to produce pork in the U.S. than it does in Canada. The United States and Canada have comparative advantages in pork and aircraft.

If the United States concentrates on producing pork and sells it to Canada, they can consume more than if they insisted on being self-sufficient. The United States could trade 1 million tons of pork for 1,500 aircraft from Canada. Both countries would be able to consume at a point outside of their production possibilities.

These gains are not dependent on the country being better at duping one kind of good. There are still mutual gains from trade even if one country has an advantage over the other.

The United States and Canada have a comparative advantage in pork production. Pork and aircraft are produced by the panel. The Canadian production possibilities curve is shown in the aircraft. The pork on the horizontal axis is steep, suggesting that Canada has a comparative axis. The US has an advantage in aircraft production. The United States gain from trade and specialization.

The answer is that an ad was made. Bangladesh is less productive than the United States in almost all of the industries that are related to clothing. The United States has a difference between rich and poor countries.

The production of simpler goods such as American workers and Bangladeshi workers is not possible in these countries. Bangladesh has a comparative advantage in clothing production as much as it is in produce.

The United States in productivity is a deep question because he does comparatively well.

The difference in productivity is a fact.

If the economies of these countries are the same, the United States supplying Bangladesh are less productive than they are in clothing production.

In the text, which country has an advantage?

To answer the questions, refer to the graph.

The graph can be used to determine which country has an advantage in producing good.

Country B has a comparative advantage in producing good.

There are free-response questions for tackle the test. Corn can be produced at a lower question.

Country A will accept the lowest price it can get for corn to sell it to Country B.

What is the cost of a bunch of corn?

Positive economics can be made by a central authority. Economics can determine correct or punishments that motivate particular choices, and answers for positive questions, but typically not for norma, in a command economy. They can't keep their own profits or set their own prices.

There are two main reasons economists disagree. There is a right to trade goods and services.

The costs and benefits of doing everyone else are studied.

Studies how people make decisions and how they interact with each other.

Economic activity can experience ups and downs.

The amount of output can be affected by downturns.

A short-term increase in aggregate output made possible which allows analysis of the effect of change in one by a decrease in unemployment does not constitute factor.

An outward shift of the production possibilities curve shows three elements: opportunity, production that people want to consume, and economic growth possibilities curve.

The economy can be made better.

The range of mutu has a comparative advantage in that some good ally beneficial terms of trade for a good are found between or service in which that person has a lower opportunity of making the good and the nity cost than everyone else. The buyer's opportunity cost of making the same good is often confused.

You can either study or watch a movie.

When the job market is good, more people go to college.

Convenience stores cater to busy people.

If Atlantis is efficient in production, what are their own lawns?

The unemployment rate is expected to go up.

The minimum wage needs to be increased.

There is an incentive to work.

The benefits of public education are greater than the costs.

It goes up and then goes down.

It increases and decreases.

Refer to the table for more information.

There is a small island called Atlantis in the Frivoli. In a month, South Atlantic. 30 pounds of spaghetti and no fish can be produced by the inhabitants if they grow potatoes. The table shows the maximum annual meatballs, 50 pounds of meatballs and no spaghetti, or any output combinations of potatoes and fish. The Frivoli produced in the same month.

The Hatfield family lives on the east side of the Hatatoochie and the McCoy family lives on the west side.

The Frivoli Tivoli production possibilities are for the McCoy family.