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Principles of
macroeconomics, 9e
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By
Karl E. Case,
Ray C. Fair &
Sharon M. Oster
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Prepared by:
Fernando & Yvonn Quijano
2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall
CHAPTER OUTLINE
Why Study Economics?
To Learn a Way of Thinking
To Understand Society
To Understand Global Affairs
To Be an Informed Voter
The Scope of Economics
Microeconomics and
Macroeconomics
The Diverse Fields of Economics
The Method of Economics
Theories and Models
Economic Policy
An Invitation
Appendix: How to Read
and Understand Graphs
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Opportunity Cost
opportunity cost The best alternative that
we forgo, or give up, when we make a
choice or a decision.
scarce Limited.
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To Understand Society
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iPod
and the World
An iPod Has Global Value. Ask
the (Many) Countries That
Make It.
The New York Times
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To Be An Informed Citizen
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Macroeconomics
Production
Prices
Income
Employment
Production/output in
individual industries and
businesses
Price of individual
goods and services
Distribution of
income and
wealth
Employment by
individual businesses
and industries
National
production/output
National income
Employment and
unemployment in
the economy
Consumer prices
Producer prices
Rate of inflation
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examines the ways alternative economic systems function. What are the
advantages and disadvantages of different systems?
Econometrics
Economic development
Economic history
traces the development of the modern economy. What economic and political
events and scientific advances caused the Industrial Revolution? What explains the
tremendous growth and progress of postWorld War II Japan? What caused the
Great Depression of the 1930s?
examines the role of race and gender in economic theory, in economic life, and in
policymaking. How has discrimination by race or gender affected the well-being of
households and the distribution of income and wealth?
Environmental economics
studies the potential failure of the market system to account fully for the impacts of
production and consumption on the environment and on natural resource depletion.
Have alternative public policies and new economic institutions been effective in
correcting these potential failures?
Finance
examines the ways in which households and firms actually pay for, or finance, their
purchases. It involves the study of capital markets (including the stock and bond
markets), futures and options, capital budgeting, and asset valuation.
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Industrial organization
looks carefully at the structure and performance of industries and firms within an
economy. How do businesses compete? Who gains and who loses?
International economics
studies trade flows among countries and international financial institutions. What
are the advantages and disadvantages for a country that allows its citizens to buy
and sell freely in world markets? Why is the dollar strong or weak?
Labor economics
deals with the factors that determine wage rates, employment, and unemployment.
How do people decide whether to work, how much to work, and at what kind of job?
How have the roles of unions and management changed in recent years?
analyzes the economic function of legal rules and institutions. How does the law
change the behavior of individuals and businesses? Do different liability rules make
accidents and injuries more or less likely? What are the economic costs of crime?
Public economics
examines the role of government in the economy. What are the economic functions
of government, and what should they be? How should the government finance the
services that it provides? What kinds of government programs should confront the
problems of poverty, unemployment, and pollution? What problems does
government involvement create?
studies the spatial arrangement of economic activity. Why do we have cities? Why
are manufacturing firms locating farther and farther from the center of urban areas?
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Economic Policy
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Economic Policy
Efficiency
efficiency In economics, allocative efficiency. An
efficient economy is one that produces what people
want at the least possible cost.
Equity
equity Fairness.
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Economic Policy
Growth
economic growth An increase in the total output of
an economy.
Stability
stability A condition in which
national output is growing steadily, with low inflation
and full employment of resources.
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An Invitation
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ceteris paribus
marginalism
descriptive economics
microeconomics
economic growth
model
economic theory
normative economics
economics
Ockhams razor
efficiency
opportunity cost
efficient market
positive economics
empirical economics
equity
scarce
fallacy of composition
stability
Industrial Revolution
sunk costs
macroeconomics
variable
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APPENDIX
HOW TO READ AND UNDERSTAND GRAPHS
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APPENDIX
HOW TO READ
AND UNDERSTAND GRAPHS
Year
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
Total
Disposable
Personal
Income
1,181.4
1,299.9
1,436.0
1,614.8
1,808.2
2,019.8
2,247.9
2,406.8
2,586.0
2,887.6
3,086.5
3,262.5
3,459.5
3,752.4
4,016.3
4,293.6
Year
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Total
Disposable
Personal
Income
4,474.8
4,754.6
4,935.3
5,165.4
5,422.6
5,677.7
5,968.2
6,355.6
6,627.4
7,120.2
7,393.2
7,827.7
8,159.9
8,646.9
8,945.6
9,501.5
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APPENDIX
Appendix
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APPENDIX
HOW TO READ AND UNDERSTAND GRAPHS
PLOTTING INCOME AND CONSUMPTION DATA
FOR HOUSEHOLDS
9,676
25,546
42,622
67,813
147,737
Average
Consumption
Expenditures
$ 19,120
28,921
39,098
54,354
90,469
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HOW TO READ AND UNDERSTAND GRAPHS
SLOPE
Y
Y2 Y1
X X 2 X 1
FIGURE 1A.4 A Curve with (a) Positive Slope and (b) Negative Slope
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APPENDIX
SOME PRECAUTIONS
TABLE 1A.3 Aggregate National Income and
Consumption for the United States,
19302006 (in billions of dollars)
Aggregate Consumption
75.6
81.1
241.0
427.5
837.5
2,243.0
4,642.1
7,984.4
10,306.8
10,887.6
11,655.6
$ 70.2
71.2
192.7
332.3
648.9
1,762.9
3,831.5
6,683.7
8,195.9
8,707.8
9,224.5
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slope
graph
negative relationship
X-axis
origin
X-intercept
positive relationship
Y-intercept
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