2. What is economics?
Economics is the study of production, distribution,
and consumption of goods and services.
Main problem in economics
Scarcity =not having enough resources for
all of the wants.*
Economics focuses on how people and
governments decide how to satisfy their
unlimited wants, with limited resources.
3. Resources
Natural resources – comes from the land
Land, minerals, oil, forests, air, and timber
Capital Resources – manufactured help for production
Tools, machines, equipment, factories
Things used for production of goods and services
Human Resources – physical and mental labor
Skills people have that are used to produce goods and services.
Entrepreneur – the individual who combines the factors of
production in order to produce a good or service.
Risk taker, policy maker, and innovator
5. Opportunity Cost
When decisions are made there is always a cost
involved.
Opportunity Cost= the value of what you must give
up when you make a particular choice.
6. Supply and demand
Supply and Demand Interact to
determine price.
Demand is the amount of a good or
service that consumers are willing
and able to buy at a certain price.
Supply is the amount of a good or
service that producers are willing