Thursday, January 23, 2014

Goods vs Services
    Goods

  • consumer goods- goods intended for final use
  • capital goods- items used in the creation of other goods

Services-work that is being performed by someone else

Factors of production

  1. Land- natural resources
  2. Labor- work force
  3. Capital-  Human capital: Knowledge and skill a worker gains through experience. Physical capital: human made objects used to create other goods and services
  4. Entrepreneurship- risk takers and intensive
.Opportunity cost
  The most desirable alternative given up by making a decision.

Production Possibilities
Production possibilities Graph- Shows alternative ways to use resources
PPF- production possibility frontier
PPC-production possibility curve

Productive Efficiency Vs. Allocative Efficiency

  • Productive Efficiency-produce resource at the lowest cost. At any point on the curve
  • Allocative Efficiency-combination of most desired by society.\


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