The document provides an overview of basic economic concepts including needs versus wants, resources being scarce and limited, opportunity cost, and costs and revenues. It discusses different types of costs like fixed and variable costs and how to calculate total and marginal costs. It also covers revenue, including total and marginal revenue. Finally, it introduces the concept of cost-benefit analysis, comparing marginal costs to marginal benefits to determine if producing more of something is worthwhile.
This document outlines 10 key elements of economics according to Common Sense Economics by James Gwartney, Richard Stroup, and Dwight Lee. It discusses how incentives matter and affect behavior, the concept of scarcity and tradeoffs, how decisions are made at the margin, how trade promotes economic progress, how transaction costs are an obstacle to trade, how profits direct business activities, how people earn income by helping others, the sources of economic progress, the concept of the invisible hand in market prices, and how actions often have unintended long-term consequences.
This document provides an overview of 10 key elements of economics according to Common Sense Economics. It discusses concepts like incentives, trade, profits, scarcity and more. Each element is explained with examples to provide an introductory understanding of basic economic principles and how they relate to everyday life and decision making. The goal is to help the reader "think like an economist" and understand why our economy works the way it does.
This document outlines 12 key elements of economics according to Common Sense Economics. It discusses how incentives matter in economic decision making and that there is no such thing as a free lunch due to scarcity. It also explains that decisions are made at the margin, and that trade promotes economic progress through specialization and comparative advantage. Additionally, it covers how transaction costs can be obstacles to trade, and how prices bring buyers and sellers into balance through supply and demand. Profits direct business activities, and people earn income by providing valuable goods and services to others. Economic progress occurs through investment, innovation, and strong institutions. The invisible hand of the market and supply/demand forces generally promote societal welfare. Secondary effects of actions should also be considered
This document provides an overview of the foundations of economics. It discusses 5 key foundations:
1) Incentives matter - People respond to incentives, both positive and negative. Unintended consequences can arise from incentive structures.
2) Life involves trade-offs - Scarcity requires choices that incur opportunity costs. Governments and individuals face policy and personal trade-offs.
3) Opportunity cost is the highest valued alternative forgone. Marginal thinking evaluates costs and benefits of additional units of goods or activities.
4) Trade can create value when parties voluntarily exchange based on comparative advantage. Specialization and trade allow gains from specialization.
5) Economics involves both micro topics like individual decisions and
This document provides an overview of basic economics concepts. It discusses the scarcity of resources and how this leads to the basic economic problem of what, how, and for whom to produce. It also covers factors of production, production possibility curves, decision making at the margin, and different economic systems including market, command, and mixed economies. Money is introduced as a solution to the limitations of barter by serving as a medium of exchange, unit of account, standard for deferred payment, and store of wealth.
The document discusses the federal budget, revenue sources, expenditures, and fiscal policy. It also covers state and local finance. Some key points:
- The largest source of federal revenue is income taxes, followed by payroll taxes that fund Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid. Corporate taxes and various excise taxes and fees also generate revenue.
- Mandatory programs like Social Security and Medicare make up most federal spending, while discretionary spending requires annual approval.
- State and local revenue comes from property, sales, and income taxes as well as intergovernmental transfers from the federal government. Revenue sources and amounts vary between states.
This document appears to be a game of Jeopardy about civics and the executive branch of the US government. The categories include the executive branch departments and agencies, defense and security, and potpourri questions. Questions cover topics like what government department handles relations with other countries, what group advises the president on national security issues, and what agency collects taxes. The final Jeopardy question asks about an independent agency that oversees stock exchange trading.
The document provides an overview of basic economic concepts including needs versus wants, resources being scarce and limited, opportunity cost, and costs and revenues. It discusses different types of costs like fixed and variable costs and how to calculate total and marginal costs. It also covers revenue, including total and marginal revenue. Finally, it introduces the concept of cost-benefit analysis, comparing marginal costs to marginal benefits to determine if producing more of something is worthwhile.
This document outlines 10 key elements of economics according to Common Sense Economics by James Gwartney, Richard Stroup, and Dwight Lee. It discusses how incentives matter and affect behavior, the concept of scarcity and tradeoffs, how decisions are made at the margin, how trade promotes economic progress, how transaction costs are an obstacle to trade, how profits direct business activities, how people earn income by helping others, the sources of economic progress, the concept of the invisible hand in market prices, and how actions often have unintended long-term consequences.
This document provides an overview of 10 key elements of economics according to Common Sense Economics. It discusses concepts like incentives, trade, profits, scarcity and more. Each element is explained with examples to provide an introductory understanding of basic economic principles and how they relate to everyday life and decision making. The goal is to help the reader "think like an economist" and understand why our economy works the way it does.
This document outlines 12 key elements of economics according to Common Sense Economics. It discusses how incentives matter in economic decision making and that there is no such thing as a free lunch due to scarcity. It also explains that decisions are made at the margin, and that trade promotes economic progress through specialization and comparative advantage. Additionally, it covers how transaction costs can be obstacles to trade, and how prices bring buyers and sellers into balance through supply and demand. Profits direct business activities, and people earn income by providing valuable goods and services to others. Economic progress occurs through investment, innovation, and strong institutions. The invisible hand of the market and supply/demand forces generally promote societal welfare. Secondary effects of actions should also be considered
This document provides an overview of the foundations of economics. It discusses 5 key foundations:
1) Incentives matter - People respond to incentives, both positive and negative. Unintended consequences can arise from incentive structures.
2) Life involves trade-offs - Scarcity requires choices that incur opportunity costs. Governments and individuals face policy and personal trade-offs.
3) Opportunity cost is the highest valued alternative forgone. Marginal thinking evaluates costs and benefits of additional units of goods or activities.
4) Trade can create value when parties voluntarily exchange based on comparative advantage. Specialization and trade allow gains from specialization.
5) Economics involves both micro topics like individual decisions and
This document provides an overview of basic economics concepts. It discusses the scarcity of resources and how this leads to the basic economic problem of what, how, and for whom to produce. It also covers factors of production, production possibility curves, decision making at the margin, and different economic systems including market, command, and mixed economies. Money is introduced as a solution to the limitations of barter by serving as a medium of exchange, unit of account, standard for deferred payment, and store of wealth.
The document discusses the federal budget, revenue sources, expenditures, and fiscal policy. It also covers state and local finance. Some key points:
- The largest source of federal revenue is income taxes, followed by payroll taxes that fund Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid. Corporate taxes and various excise taxes and fees also generate revenue.
- Mandatory programs like Social Security and Medicare make up most federal spending, while discretionary spending requires annual approval.
- State and local revenue comes from property, sales, and income taxes as well as intergovernmental transfers from the federal government. Revenue sources and amounts vary between states.
This document appears to be a game of Jeopardy about civics and the executive branch of the US government. The categories include the executive branch departments and agencies, defense and security, and potpourri questions. Questions cover topics like what government department handles relations with other countries, what group advises the president on national security issues, and what agency collects taxes. The final Jeopardy question asks about an independent agency that oversees stock exchange trading.
This document is a Jeopardy-style game about civics and economics concepts related to Congress. It contains clues and questions about the roles and responsibilities of members of Congress, leadership positions in the House and Senate, qualifications for office, Congressional powers and limits on those powers outlined in the Constitution.
Civics jeopardy unit 7 macro econ and random reviewwphaneuf
This document appears to be a Jeopardy-style game covering topics in civics and economics. It includes categories and clues related to fiscal and monetary policy, economic systems, taxes, global economics, state and local government, and various other topics. The clues are presented in the form of questions covering definitions and key terms in economics and government.
The document describes a Jeopardy-style game about civics and economics. It includes categories about the Constitutional Convention, basic principles of the US government, checks and balances, individual rights, and the Supreme Court. Questions cover key topics like Independence Hall, the Great Compromise, compromises for Southern states, the Federalist Papers, anti-federalist objections, and concepts like popular sovereignty, rule of law, federalism, and separation of powers. Other questions cover amendments, branches of government, and important Supreme Court cases.
The document outlines the structure and jurisdiction of the US federal judiciary as established in Article III of the Constitution. It describes how the judicial power is vested in the Supreme Court and any inferior courts established by Congress. Judges are appointed for life terms to ensure independence from political influence. The federal courts handle cases involving federal law and provide for appeals processes from lower district courts to appellate courts and ultimately the Supreme Court as the highest court.
This document provides an overview of key economic concepts covered in a basic economics course, including:
1) Economics is defined as the study of how scarce resources are used for alternative purposes. It has both microeconomic and macroeconomic branches.
2) Positive economics aims to objectively describe economic behavior while normative economics involves judgments about what policies should be pursued.
3) The 7 principles of economics are: scarcity forces tradeoffs, people respond to incentives, trade can make all parties better off, markets help coordinate trade, future consequences must be considered, costs and benefits determine choices, and thinking at the margin is important for decision making.
This document provides an introduction to managerial economics and economic concepts. It defines economics as the study of how societies allocate scarce resources. Managerial economics applies economic theory to help organizations achieve goals efficiently. The document discusses key economic topics like scarcity, opportunity cost, production possibilities frontiers, efficiency, and economic growth. It also distinguishes microeconomics, which examines individual and business decisions, from macroeconomics, which analyzes performance of national and global economies.
Trade creates value and wealth through specialization and comparative advantage. When countries or individuals specialize in producing goods where they have a lower opportunity cost and trade for goods that others produce at a lower cost, it leads to increased global production and better living standards. While technical efficiency focuses on inputs and outputs, economic efficiency considers the subjective values of both producers and consumers. Markets help discover comparative advantages and enable gains from specialization and trade through the exchange of property rights and discovery of relative prices.
This document provides an introduction to economics. It discusses that economics is about how individuals and societies make decisions about using scarce resources to fulfill wants and needs. It covers the basics of microeconomics, which examines how individuals make economic decisions, and macroeconomics, which looks at the big picture issues like growth and employment. The document discusses that economics involves making choices due to scarcity and opportunity costs. It also introduces factors of production, specialization, and the circular flow model to illustrate how resources and goods/services are exchanged between producers and consumers.
This document provides an introduction to economics. It defines economics as the study of how individuals and societies make decisions about using scarce resources to fulfill wants and needs. It discusses macroeconomics, microeconomics, and the 5 economic questions society must answer. It also explains key economic concepts like resources, scarcity, choices, trade-offs, opportunity costs, factors of production, and costs and revenues. Finally, it provides an overview of traditional, command, and free market economies.
This document provides an introduction to basic economic concepts. It defines economics as the study of how individuals and societies make decisions about using scarce resources to fulfill wants and needs. It discusses macroeconomics, which looks at overall growth and employment, versus microeconomics, which examines individual decisions. Key economic questions that societies must address are what, how much, and for whom to produce goods and services. Resources are defined as the things used to make other goods. The fundamental problem is that of scarcity - unlimited wants but limited resources, requiring that choices be made. Needs are things required for survival while wants are luxuries. Trade-offs must be made when choices are made. Opportunity cost is the value of the next best choice forg
This document provides an introduction to economics. It defines economics as the study of how individuals and societies make decisions about using scarce resources to fulfill wants and needs. It discusses macroeconomics, microeconomics, and the 5 economic questions society must answer. It also explains key economic concepts like resources, scarcity, choices, trade-offs, opportunity costs, factors of production, and costs and revenues. Finally, it provides an overview of traditional, command, and free market economies.
This document provides an introduction to economics. It defines economics as the study of how individuals and societies make decisions about using scarce resources to fulfill wants and needs. It discusses macroeconomics, microeconomics, and the 5 economic questions society must answer. It also explains key economic concepts like resources, scarcity, choices, trade-offs, opportunity costs, factors of production, and costs and revenues. Finally, it provides an overview of traditional, command, and free market economies.
This document provides an introduction to key economic concepts. It defines economics as the study of how individuals and societies make decisions about scarce resources. It then summarizes the differences between microeconomics and macroeconomics. The rest of the document outlines fundamental economic concepts like the five economic questions, resources, scarcity, opportunity costs, factors of production, GDP, costs and revenues, different types of economies (traditional, command, free market), principles of capitalism, and labor issues.
Introduction to Economics Powerpoint Unit I.pptxssuser107f14
This document provides an introduction to economics. It explains that economics is the study of how individuals and societies make decisions about how to use scarce resources to fulfill wants and needs. It discusses the key concepts of macroeconomics, which looks at big picture issues like growth and employment, and microeconomics, which examines how individuals make economic decisions. The document emphasizes that resources are limited, so societies must determine what to produce, how much to produce, how to produce it, who to produce for, and who gets to make these decisions. It introduces the concepts of needs versus wants, trade-offs, and opportunity costs to explain how scarcity requires individuals and societies to make choices about allocating resources.
This document provides an introduction to economics concepts. It defines economics as the study of how individuals and societies make decisions about using scarce resources to fulfill wants and needs. It discusses key microeconomics and macroeconomics concepts including factors of production, costs, revenues, different types of economies and the principles of capitalism. The document seeks to explain fundamental economic reasoning and tradeoffs individuals and societies face.
This document outlines key concepts from an economics textbook chapter, including:
- Economics addresses how societies manage scarce resources.
- Scarcity and opportunity costs are fundamental concepts.
- Rational people systematically evaluate costs and benefits of decisions at the margin.
- Trade can make all parties better off through specialization and exchange.
- Markets generally organize economic activity well through prices reflecting supply and demand.
- Governments sometimes improve outcomes by addressing market failures or pursuing equity.
This document provides an introduction to economics concepts. It discusses how economics seeks to understand how limited resources are used to satisfy unlimited human wants. It also summarizes the key questions of what, how, when, where, and for whom goods and services are produced. The document introduces microeconomics, macroeconomics, and the fundamental concepts of opportunity costs, production possibilities frontiers, marginal costs, and marginal benefits. It explains how economics analyzes human decision-making and tradeoffs between alternatives.
The opportunity cost of attending the Super Bowl game is $300. While the ticket was given for free, the next best alternative is attending the Beyoncé concert, which you would be willing to pay up to $300 for. Therefore, the opportunity cost is $300, which is the value of the best alternative forgone by attending the Super Bowl.
Country A can produce 100 cars or 50 TVs
Country B can produce 80 cars or 60 TVs
Country A has an absolute advantage in cars and TVs
Country B has a comparative advantage in TVs
Country A should specialize in cars and export cars
Country B should specialize in TVs and export TVs
Country A should import TVs
Country B should import cars
This is an output question. OOO
50
Comparative Advantage Practice
Create a chart for each of the following problems.
This document is a Jeopardy-style game about civics and economics concepts related to Congress. It contains clues and questions about the roles and responsibilities of members of Congress, leadership positions in the House and Senate, qualifications for office, Congressional powers and limits on those powers outlined in the Constitution.
Civics jeopardy unit 7 macro econ and random reviewwphaneuf
This document appears to be a Jeopardy-style game covering topics in civics and economics. It includes categories and clues related to fiscal and monetary policy, economic systems, taxes, global economics, state and local government, and various other topics. The clues are presented in the form of questions covering definitions and key terms in economics and government.
The document describes a Jeopardy-style game about civics and economics. It includes categories about the Constitutional Convention, basic principles of the US government, checks and balances, individual rights, and the Supreme Court. Questions cover key topics like Independence Hall, the Great Compromise, compromises for Southern states, the Federalist Papers, anti-federalist objections, and concepts like popular sovereignty, rule of law, federalism, and separation of powers. Other questions cover amendments, branches of government, and important Supreme Court cases.
The document outlines the structure and jurisdiction of the US federal judiciary as established in Article III of the Constitution. It describes how the judicial power is vested in the Supreme Court and any inferior courts established by Congress. Judges are appointed for life terms to ensure independence from political influence. The federal courts handle cases involving federal law and provide for appeals processes from lower district courts to appellate courts and ultimately the Supreme Court as the highest court.
This document provides an overview of key economic concepts covered in a basic economics course, including:
1) Economics is defined as the study of how scarce resources are used for alternative purposes. It has both microeconomic and macroeconomic branches.
2) Positive economics aims to objectively describe economic behavior while normative economics involves judgments about what policies should be pursued.
3) The 7 principles of economics are: scarcity forces tradeoffs, people respond to incentives, trade can make all parties better off, markets help coordinate trade, future consequences must be considered, costs and benefits determine choices, and thinking at the margin is important for decision making.
This document provides an introduction to managerial economics and economic concepts. It defines economics as the study of how societies allocate scarce resources. Managerial economics applies economic theory to help organizations achieve goals efficiently. The document discusses key economic topics like scarcity, opportunity cost, production possibilities frontiers, efficiency, and economic growth. It also distinguishes microeconomics, which examines individual and business decisions, from macroeconomics, which analyzes performance of national and global economies.
Trade creates value and wealth through specialization and comparative advantage. When countries or individuals specialize in producing goods where they have a lower opportunity cost and trade for goods that others produce at a lower cost, it leads to increased global production and better living standards. While technical efficiency focuses on inputs and outputs, economic efficiency considers the subjective values of both producers and consumers. Markets help discover comparative advantages and enable gains from specialization and trade through the exchange of property rights and discovery of relative prices.
This document provides an introduction to economics. It discusses that economics is about how individuals and societies make decisions about using scarce resources to fulfill wants and needs. It covers the basics of microeconomics, which examines how individuals make economic decisions, and macroeconomics, which looks at the big picture issues like growth and employment. The document discusses that economics involves making choices due to scarcity and opportunity costs. It also introduces factors of production, specialization, and the circular flow model to illustrate how resources and goods/services are exchanged between producers and consumers.
This document provides an introduction to economics. It defines economics as the study of how individuals and societies make decisions about using scarce resources to fulfill wants and needs. It discusses macroeconomics, microeconomics, and the 5 economic questions society must answer. It also explains key economic concepts like resources, scarcity, choices, trade-offs, opportunity costs, factors of production, and costs and revenues. Finally, it provides an overview of traditional, command, and free market economies.
This document provides an introduction to basic economic concepts. It defines economics as the study of how individuals and societies make decisions about using scarce resources to fulfill wants and needs. It discusses macroeconomics, which looks at overall growth and employment, versus microeconomics, which examines individual decisions. Key economic questions that societies must address are what, how much, and for whom to produce goods and services. Resources are defined as the things used to make other goods. The fundamental problem is that of scarcity - unlimited wants but limited resources, requiring that choices be made. Needs are things required for survival while wants are luxuries. Trade-offs must be made when choices are made. Opportunity cost is the value of the next best choice forg
This document provides an introduction to economics. It defines economics as the study of how individuals and societies make decisions about using scarce resources to fulfill wants and needs. It discusses macroeconomics, microeconomics, and the 5 economic questions society must answer. It also explains key economic concepts like resources, scarcity, choices, trade-offs, opportunity costs, factors of production, and costs and revenues. Finally, it provides an overview of traditional, command, and free market economies.
This document provides an introduction to economics. It defines economics as the study of how individuals and societies make decisions about using scarce resources to fulfill wants and needs. It discusses macroeconomics, microeconomics, and the 5 economic questions society must answer. It also explains key economic concepts like resources, scarcity, choices, trade-offs, opportunity costs, factors of production, and costs and revenues. Finally, it provides an overview of traditional, command, and free market economies.
This document provides an introduction to key economic concepts. It defines economics as the study of how individuals and societies make decisions about scarce resources. It then summarizes the differences between microeconomics and macroeconomics. The rest of the document outlines fundamental economic concepts like the five economic questions, resources, scarcity, opportunity costs, factors of production, GDP, costs and revenues, different types of economies (traditional, command, free market), principles of capitalism, and labor issues.
Introduction to Economics Powerpoint Unit I.pptxssuser107f14
This document provides an introduction to economics. It explains that economics is the study of how individuals and societies make decisions about how to use scarce resources to fulfill wants and needs. It discusses the key concepts of macroeconomics, which looks at big picture issues like growth and employment, and microeconomics, which examines how individuals make economic decisions. The document emphasizes that resources are limited, so societies must determine what to produce, how much to produce, how to produce it, who to produce for, and who gets to make these decisions. It introduces the concepts of needs versus wants, trade-offs, and opportunity costs to explain how scarcity requires individuals and societies to make choices about allocating resources.
This document provides an introduction to economics concepts. It defines economics as the study of how individuals and societies make decisions about using scarce resources to fulfill wants and needs. It discusses key microeconomics and macroeconomics concepts including factors of production, costs, revenues, different types of economies and the principles of capitalism. The document seeks to explain fundamental economic reasoning and tradeoffs individuals and societies face.
This document outlines key concepts from an economics textbook chapter, including:
- Economics addresses how societies manage scarce resources.
- Scarcity and opportunity costs are fundamental concepts.
- Rational people systematically evaluate costs and benefits of decisions at the margin.
- Trade can make all parties better off through specialization and exchange.
- Markets generally organize economic activity well through prices reflecting supply and demand.
- Governments sometimes improve outcomes by addressing market failures or pursuing equity.
This document provides an introduction to economics concepts. It discusses how economics seeks to understand how limited resources are used to satisfy unlimited human wants. It also summarizes the key questions of what, how, when, where, and for whom goods and services are produced. The document introduces microeconomics, macroeconomics, and the fundamental concepts of opportunity costs, production possibilities frontiers, marginal costs, and marginal benefits. It explains how economics analyzes human decision-making and tradeoffs between alternatives.
The opportunity cost of attending the Super Bowl game is $300. While the ticket was given for free, the next best alternative is attending the Beyoncé concert, which you would be willing to pay up to $300 for. Therefore, the opportunity cost is $300, which is the value of the best alternative forgone by attending the Super Bowl.
Country A can produce 100 cars or 50 TVs
Country B can produce 80 cars or 60 TVs
Country A has an absolute advantage in cars and TVs
Country B has a comparative advantage in TVs
Country A should specialize in cars and export cars
Country B should specialize in TVs and export TVs
Country A should import TVs
Country B should import cars
This is an output question. OOO
50
Comparative Advantage Practice
Create a chart for each of the following problems.
The document provides an overview of basic economic concepts. It defines economics as the study of how individuals and societies deal with scarcity. Scarcity means that resources are limited and not enough to satisfy all wants, so choices must be made. Microeconomics studies small economic units like individuals and firms, while macroeconomics looks at the overall economy. Positive statements are factual, while normative statements include value judgments. Economists use theories and models to understand and address economic problems. The concepts of opportunity cost, marginal analysis, and supply and demand are introduced.
This document provides an overview of key economic concepts including:
- Economics is the study of how societies allocate scarce resources to satisfy unlimited wants. It can be divided into microeconomics and macroeconomics.
- The economic problem involves determining what, how, and for whom to produce goods and services.
- Opportunity cost, tradeoffs, and rational decision making are important concepts in economics for understanding how individuals and societies make choices.
Effective Business Practices 101 (7/8): Market and Environmental Health Consi...Dmitri Tcherbadji
This deck is a part of an eight-day introductory course that I originally designed for the residents of Inle Lake (Nyang Shwe), Myanmar during my volunteer work with Partnership for Change org. This is a basic introductory course for those who wish to start a businesses but aren't sure where to begin or what would be an effective way to run and operate a company geared for Western customers.
This deck is free for anyone to modify and use, but please keep in mind that I do not own copyrights for most of the images on those slides (with some exceptions).
The document provides an overview of basic economic concepts. It discusses:
- Economics is the study of how individuals and societies deal with scarcity. Scarcity means that resources are limited and our wants are unlimited, so we must make choices about how to use resources.
- Microeconomics studies small economic units like individuals and firms, while macroeconomics looks at the overall economy. Positive economics makes factual statements, while normative economics includes value judgments.
- The production possibilities curve (PPC) model shows the tradeoffs between producing different goods given limited resources. Points on the PPC are productively efficient, while the optimal point depends on societal wants.
- Comparative advantage explains why countries
The document discusses several economic principles used in managerial decision making:
1) Opportunity cost principle - The cost of any decision is the next best alternative forgone. Managers must consider sacrificed alternatives, not just monetary costs.
2) Incremental principle - Decisions should increase revenues more than costs to be profitable. Incremental analysis examines the changes in costs and revenues of alternatives.
3) Discounting principle - Future cash flows must be discounted to their present value to accurately compare decision alternatives over time, since money has a time value.
This document provides an overview of stellar evolution, beginning with the formation of stars from collapsing gas clouds. It describes the main stages that stars pass through, including the main sequence, red giant phase, and death of low-mass versus high-mass stars. Key concepts discussed include how a star's mass determines its core temperature and fusion processes, and how gravity and nuclear fusion power stellar evolution over millions to billions of years until the star dies, seeding new elements into space.
This document discusses methods that astronomers use to measure the properties of stars. It begins by explaining that stars appear dim due to their vast distances, so astronomers must use indirect methods. One such method is trigonometric parallax, which involves measuring the slight apparent shift of nearby stars over the course of a year as the Earth orbits the Sun. This allows astronomers to calculate distances to stars. Other key properties that can be measured include a star's temperature, luminosity, radius, composition, and spectral type, which provides information about the star's temperature and composition. Combining measurements of these various properties allows astronomers to better understand the nature and life cycles of stars.
The Sun is a star composed of hot gas that powers itself through nuclear fusion in its core. It has several layers including the photosphere, chromosphere, and corona. The Sun's interior is divided into a radiative zone where heat transfers by radiation and a convection zone where heat rises and falls. Nuclear fusion in the core converts hydrogen to helium, releasing energy over billions of years. Magnetic activity on the surface includes sunspots, solar flares, and prominences. The solar wind carries the Sun's magnetic fields and particles into space.
The four terrestrial planets - Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars - are similar in size and structure. They orbit in the inner solar system and are too small to retain thick hydrogen atmospheres. Mercury is the smallest and hottest planet, with extensive volcanic plains and impact craters. Venus has a dense, toxic atmosphere that causes a strong greenhouse effect and maintains surface temperatures over 400°C. Mars has the largest volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons, and polar ice caps that vary in size with the seasons.
The Solar System formed around 4.5 billion years ago from the collapse of a giant cloud of gas and dust. The inner planets are rocky while the outer planets are gaseous. Planets formed from the accretion of planetesimals, which collided and stuck together in the protoplanetary disk surrounding the young Sun. The temperature differences in the disk led to different compositions, with rocky planets in the hot inner region and icy planets in the cold outer region. Over time, planetesimals bombarded planetary surfaces and the planets differentiated into layers. Some planets may have migrated from their initial orbits due to interactions with the gas disk.
The document outlines the key debates between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists during the ratification of the US Constitution. The Anti-Federalists opposed ratification due to fears of a strong centralized government that could threaten individual liberties and state powers. They advocated for a bill of rights and emphasized state representation. The Federalists supported ratification and argued the system of checks and balances would prevent abuse of power and a strong national government was needed. They agreed to propose a bill of rights to gain enough support for ratification.
The document summarizes 5 compromises that were critical to the drafting and ratification of the US Constitution: 1) the Great Compromise created a bicameral legislature, 2) the Three-Fifths Compromise defined slaves for representation purposes, 3) taxation was prohibited on exports, 4) the slave trade was postponed until 1808, and 5) the Electoral College was established for presidential elections. It also discusses the debate between Federalists, who supported a stronger federal government, and Anti-Federalists, who favored state power, and how The Federalist Papers were influential in gaining ratification.
Light is essential for studying astronomical bodies due to the vast distances involved. We analyze the light from remote objects to learn about their properties indirectly. Light can behave as both a particle and a wave depending on the situation. The electromagnetic spectrum includes radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, X-rays and gamma rays. Atoms absorb and emit light at specific wavelengths depending on electron energy level transitions, allowing spectroscopy to reveal composition. The Doppler effect alters the observed wavelength of light or other radiation depending on the motion of the source relative to the observer.
The document describes the structure and responsibilities of the Federal Reserve System. It is made up of the Board of Governors, which oversees the actions of the Fed, and Federal Reserve Banks. The Fed aims to control the money supply and regulate the banking system. It uses various monetary policy tools like adjusting interest rates and buying/selling bonds to influence the economy by making credit more or less available. However, there are time lags before these actions have an effect, making preemptive economic intervention difficult.
The document appears to be a transcript from a game of Jeopardy focused on civics and economics topics related to Congress. It includes clues and questions about various aspects of Congress such as the roles and qualifications of representatives and senators, congressional districts, leadership positions, and powers granted to Congress by the Constitution.
The document is a Jeopardy-style game about civics and economics concepts related to Congress. It contains clues in various categories about the structure of Congress, its powers, and checks on its authority. Key terms defined include bicameral legislature, apportionment, Speaker of the House, enumerated powers, implied powers, and filibuster.
This document appears to be a transcript from a game of Jeopardy focused on civics and economics topics related to early American history. It includes categories, clues, and answers about religious practices in the colonies, important figures of the Revolutionary era, founding documents like the Articles of Confederation, and geographic and economic features of the original colonies. The transcript suggests an interactive game testing knowledge of people, places, and events significant to the development of America's democratic government and free market system.
This document appears to be a transcript from a game of Jeopardy about civics and economics in colonial America. It includes categories, clues, and questions about key people, events, economic systems, and social aspects of life in the 13 American colonies prior to the American Revolution. Some of the topics covered include the triangle trade route, cash crops like tobacco, influential documents like the Declaration of Independence, and significant figures such as Thomas Jefferson.
Electing the president of the united stateswphaneuf
Candidates seek their party's nomination through campaigning and participating in primaries and caucuses. They raise money and support while traveling around campaigning and taking part in debates. The candidate who wins the most delegates at their party's convention will become the official nominee. The two major party nominees then face off against each other in the general election in November, where one will be elected President.
The document discusses several issues facing the United States as a superpower, including environmental challenges, threats from rogue states and terrorism, developing economies like China and India, regional conflicts in places such as Palestine and the Middle East, human rights concerns, and the implications of new technologies. It questions the role and responsibilities of the U.S. in addressing these global problems.
International trade a listing of organizations and policieswphaneuf
This document provides an overview of international trade practices, including definitions and theories. It discusses why countries trade, focusing on resources, economic, and political reasons. It also covers invisible trade such as transportation and tourism. The document then examines theories of absolute and comparative advantage. Finally, it analyzes barriers to international trade such as socio-cultural factors, economic issues, and various tariff and non-tariff barriers, identifying reasons countries impose such barriers.
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2. What goes into a good choice?What goes into a good choice?
Needs v. wantsNeeds v. wants
EconomicsEconomics: 1] study of what and how: 1] study of what and how
decisionsdecisions are reached in the face of limitedare reached in the face of limited
resources; 2] howresources; 2] how resourcesresources are allocatedare allocated
and used; 3] how/whatand used; 3] how/what commoditiescommodities areare
bought, sold and consumed and by whombought, sold and consumed and by whom
◦ MicroMicro – the above in the realm of individuals and/or– the above in the realm of individuals and/or
individual businessesindividual businesses
◦ MacroMacro – focus is on entire industries, society sized– focus is on entire industries, society sized
markets and national economiesmarkets and national economies
3. Resources are scarce, i.e. there is a limited
supply.
Are all resources limited?
If so, then what must we do?
Think about it …
◦ If I’ve got only enough ingredients to make 10 pies
OR 15 cakes…
◦ What if I choose to make the cakes?
◦ Or the pies?
Simply put, we just don’t have the resources
to do everything we want. We have to
choose.
An illustration from my retail past…
4. Touring boats:
◦ Long
◦ Sharp entry/exit points
◦ Straight keel line
◦ = fast, straight line paddling
White water boats:
◦ Short
◦ Blunt entry/exit lines
◦ Rockered keel
◦ = highly maneuverablee
∴∴CUSTOMER HASCUSTOMER HAS
TO DECIDE ON ONETO DECIDE ON ONE
5. What are some choices you’ve had to make or
will be making soon based on limited resources?
Remember – time is a resource
Think about 3-4 choices you’ve been forced to
make and jot them down
What did you have to give up/trade off?
What made it worth giving up the other option?
What were the pluses that made it worth more to
you?
Share your choices with someone else and
discuss differences and commonalities.
6. Opportunity costOpportunity cost --
picking one thing overpicking one thing over
another [since you can’tanother [since you can’t
do both]do both]
What trade-offs have youWhat trade-offs have you
had to make?had to make?
Opportunity cost is notOpportunity cost is not
measured inmeasured in $$$$ - but in- but in
what is given up in orderwhat is given up in order
to do it. E.g. if I haveto do it. E.g. if I have
resources to make 5 piesresources to make 5 pies
OR 8 cakes, theOR 8 cakes, the
opportunity cost of makingopportunity cost of making
5 pies = 8 cakes.5 pies = 8 cakes.
7. 3 basic decisions:3 basic decisions:
◦ What to produce?What to produce?
◦ How to produce it?How to produce it?
◦ For whom to produce it?For whom to produce it?
Answers will define theAnswers will define the
economic systemeconomic system
◦ Controlled economy – by and forControlled economy – by and for
the statethe state
◦ Capitalist economy – by and forCapitalist economy – by and for
consumers [market and price]consumers [market and price]
Charting scarcity and choiceCharting scarcity and choice
◦ Production Possibilities FrontierProduction Possibilities Frontier
◦ So much of THIS means less of THATSo much of THIS means less of THAT
Can’t go out here
9. What are the fixed, variableWhat are the fixed, variable
and total costs for a movieand total costs for a movie
theater?theater?
Margin cost [just one more]Margin cost [just one more]
Total and margin revenueTotal and margin revenue
Marginal benefit, cross-Marginal benefit, cross-
country training, and onecountry training, and one
more Gatorademore Gatorade
Putting it all together – Cost-Putting it all together – Cost-
Benefit analysisBenefit analysis
◦ Is it worth making more?Is it worth making more?
10. Some study will need to beSome study will need to be
done to find out if making thisdone to find out if making this
thing, and how many to makething, and how many to make
is worthwhile – i.e. will itis worthwhile – i.e. will it
make enough money to bemake enough money to be
worth itworth it
Key study is a Cost-BenefitKey study is a Cost-Benefit
AnalysisAnalysis
The study looks at money goingThe study looks at money going
out [cost] v. money coming inout [cost] v. money coming in
[revenue] to answer the[revenue] to answer the
questionquestion
Both costs and revenues comeBoth costs and revenues come
in several types andin several types and must bemust be
understood if I want tounderstood if I want to
avoid losing moneyavoid losing money
11. Types of costs [ Money/resources
spent to produce]
◦ Fixed –
Stay the same regardless of # of units
produced
what examples can you think of?
◦ Variable –
Costs vary with # of units produced
examples?
◦ Total cost – add the first two
◦ Marginal cost –
The cost for producing one additional unit
Very helpful in determining whether or not to
make more
12. RevenueRevenue = money coming in. Two= money coming in. Two
categories:categories:
◦ Total revenueTotal revenue = # units sold X avg.= # units sold X avg.
price per unitprice per unit
◦ Marginal revenueMarginal revenue – how will total– how will total
revenue change by sale of onerevenue change by sale of one
more unit? The amount oftenmore unit? The amount often
changes as # of items producedchanges as # of items produced
increasesincreases
BenefitBenefit – action taken anticipating– action taken anticipating
satisfactionsatisfaction
◦ Marginal benefitMarginal benefit – additional profit,– additional profit,
etc. from one more producedetc. from one more produced
◦ Decreasing marginal benefitDecreasing marginal benefit [law[law
of diminishing returns]of diminishing returns]
◦ Decreasing marginal utilityDecreasing marginal utility [cross-[cross-
country training and Gatorade]country training and Gatorade]
13. CB analysis – comparing marginal cost with marginal
benefit
◦ If marginal cost > marginal benefit, then don’t do it [unless youIf marginal cost > marginal benefit, then don’t do it [unless you
actually enjoy losing money]actually enjoy losing money]
◦ Often the benefits will decrease as more is produced – this isOften the benefits will decrease as more is produced – this is
called diminishing marginal benefit, or law of diminishing returnscalled diminishing marginal benefit, or law of diminishing returns