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The document discusses how self-interested behavior in market systems can actually contribute to the social good. It argues that competition in markets encourages sellers to produce quality goods in order to make sales and earn profits. It quotes Adam Smith saying that it is not human benevolence but self-interest that motivates economic activity, yet people are led "by an invisible hand" to promote societal ends even though that was not their intention.
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Capitalism is an economic system that emphasizes private ownership of the factors of
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incentives apply to workers, investors, consumers, and business owners. In pure
capitalism, the government does not interfere with the economy—the wages of workers,
the prices of goods, what producers can make, the ways that businesses make or sell
their goods and services, or any other regulations. Capitalism assumes that the best
way to serve society is to let people produce, sell, and buy as they wish.
The goal of capitalism is to create what is called a free market. In economic terms, a
market is not literally just a market like a grocery store. A market or marketplace is
wherever all sorts of goods and services can be sold and bought. In a free market or
free enterprise economy like that under capitalism, the government places no limits on
the freedom of buyers and sellers to make their economic decisions.
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Wealth of Nations, Smith suggested the government take a laissez-faire approach to the
economy. Laissez-faire is a French term meaning “to let alone.” Smith thought the
forces of the marketplace would act as an “invisible hand” guiding economic choices for
the best possible results.
Competition plays a key role in a free-enterprise or free-market economy because
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price. If they are successful, they make more money. At the same time, consumers
compete over limited products to buy what they want and need. Finally, these same
consumers, now in their role as workers, compete to sell their skills and labor for the
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Credit allows people to obtain goods and services before paying for them by promising to pay later. Revolving credit, like credit cards, provides a credit limit that is renewed as debts are paid down through partial payments over time. While unwise credit use can reduce future purchasing power and savings due to interest, credit can also benefit people by helping them deal with emergencies or purchase valuable assets when used carefully and costs are weighed against benefits.
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The document discusses how banks can create money through the process of making loans. When a bank receives a deposit, it is required to keep a certain percentage, like 20%, as reserves, but can lend out the rest. When those loans are deposited in other banks, they become part of the money supply. This process of successive lending and depositing allows banks to multiply the original deposit. For example, with a 20% reserve requirement, $100,000 in deposits could create $500,000 in the total money supply.
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The document discusses why people often fail to engage in behaviors that are good for them like saving money, exercising, and eating healthy. While most people understand the benefits of these behaviors, they occur in the future and are uncertain, whereas the costs are immediate. Saving requires giving up consumption now for uncertain benefits later. Goals and incentives like interest can encourage saving behavior by making the costs seem less and benefits more worthwhile. Short, medium, and long-term savings goals can help people save for different time periods.
Gross domestic product
The document discusses key macroeconomic concepts including the three main goals of economic growth, full employment, and price stability. It defines gross domestic product (GDP) as the market value of all final goods and services produced in a country in a year, and explains how GDP is measured through consumption (C), investment (I), government spending (G), and net exports (X-M). Events that affect these components of GDP are provided, along with examples of how GDP is calculated as the sum of C + I + G + (X-M). Inflation and the consumer price index (CPI) are also defined.
Unit one, lesson one
This document provides definitions and explanations of key economic concepts. It discusses the study of economics and the differences between microeconomics and macroeconomics. It also defines scarcity, wants versus needs, and the basic factors of production - land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship. Intermediate goods are introduced as goods used in the production of other goods that cannot be reused.
Demand general
Demand refers to the amount of a good or service people are willing and able to buy at various prices in a given time period, represented by the demand schedule and curve. Quantity demanded is the amount purchased at a particular price. The law of demand states that price and quantity demanded have an inverse relationship, such that quantity demanded decreases when price increases and increases when price decreases, as shown by movements along the demand curve.
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