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The Foundation of Economics
 NEEDS: are the basic necessities that a person must have in order
to survive
e.g. food, water, warmth, shelter and clothing
 WANTS: are the desire that people have
e.g. things that people would like to have, such as bigger homes,
iphones, etc.
The Economic Problem
Unlimited Wants
Scarce Resources –
Land, Labour,
Capital
Resource Use
Choices
A wind farm. Copyright: iStock.com
The Economic Problem
O What goods and services should an economy produce? –
should the emphasis be on agriculture, manufacturing or
services, should it be on sport and leisure or housing?
O How should goods and services be produced? – labour
intensive, land intensive, capital intensive? Efficiency?
O Who should get the goods and services produced? – even
distribution? more for the rich? for those who work hard?
SCARCITY
The excess of wants resulting from having
limited resources (land, labor, capital and
entrepreneurs) in satisfying the endless wants of
people.
It is a universal problem for societies – it is not
limited to poor countries.
To the economist, all goods and services that
have a price are relatively scarce. This means
that they are scarce relative to people’s demand
for them.
Factors of Production
 Land
- natural resources available for production
- renewable resources: those that replenish
- non-renewable resources: cannot be replaced
 Labor
- physical and mental effort of people used in production
 Capital
- all non-natural (manufactured) resources that are used in the
creation and production of other products
 Enterprise (Entrepreneurship)
- refers to the management, organization and planning of the other
three factors of production
Factors of Production
Land Labor Capital Enterprise
Rent Profit
Interest
Wages
INCOME
Payments
to factors
of
Productio
n
Opportunity Costs
All economic questions and problems arise from
scarcity. Economics assumes people do not have the
resources to satisfy all of their wants. Therefore, we
must make choices about how to allocate those
resources. We make decisions about how to spend
our money and use our time.
Opportunity Costs
- The cost of the next best use of your time or money when you
choose to do one thing rather than another is opportunity cost.
- Let's say you have five dollars. What would you like to spend it
on? There are a million things you would love to spend five bucks
on, but let's imagine there are only three things out there you
really want to buy: gum, soda, and movie tickets. Look at the price
chart below and answer the questions.
Look at the price chart below
and answer the questions.
Good Price
 Gum Php 2
 Soda Php 20
 Movie Ticket Php150
1. How many sodas can you
buy instead of one movie
ticket?
2. How many pieces of gum
can you buy instead of one
soda?
Trade Offs
 Decisions involve tradeoffs. When you make a choice, you
give up an opportunity to do something else.
 The highest-valued alternative you give up is the opportunity
cost of your decision.
 You won a radio station contest and you are now $300 dollars richer.
You can finally start looking for a new system in your car. Determine
what criteria you think are important for choosing a system and
identify the tradeoffs made when selecting one stereo over another.
 You will encounter similar decisions for the rest of your life – what
college to attend, what house to purchase, what kind of car to
purchase, when to have children, how many children do you want to
have, what school to send your children to, etc.
 Researching opportunity cost of all options in any decision making
process is vital in order to make the best available choice.
 Also keep this in mind, Americans spend 85% of their financial
respurces on things that will not last for more than three years…
Identical twins Ashley and Mary Kate graduate with
Bachelors degrees and receive the same job offer.
Ashley passes up the job offer to pursue a Masters
degree while Mary Kate takes the job offer and
begins working.
 Two years pass and Ashley graduates and begins
working. By this time Mary Kate has been promoted
to a position that is comparable to Ashley’s starting
position, and Mary Kate’s salary has increased to
an amount that is comparable to Ashley’s starting
salary.
So who made the better
decision, Ashley or Mary Kate?
 In business and in life, every
choice we make comes at a
cost since we forgo other
possible alternatives in the
process; this cost — whether
it’s money, time, education,
health, et cetera — is known
as an opportunity cost.
 In the example, one could argue
that Ashley made the better
decision since a Masters degree
would be valuable if both lost
their jobs and found themselves
in a competitive job market. Yet
when you look at the situation in
terms of opportunity costs,
Ashley’s Masters degree came
at a cost of two years salary. If
Ashley and Mary Kate stay on
equal career paths from here on
out, Mary Kate ends up making
the better decision.
An opportunity cost is the value or benefit of the next best alternative.
Opportunity costs even come
into play in the pursuit of
happiness
Opportunity costs are all around us and they differ
from individual to individual. Take one look at Steve
Jobs and Bill Gates and think of the opportunity
costs if they had decided to forgo their
entrepreneurial pursuits and continue their college
education instead.
Things would be very different now.
Ultimately, opportunity costs apply to anything which is
of value to a person and being conscious of how
they apply to your situation can help in making a
satisfactory choice/decision by considering the
value or benefit of the next best alternative.

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Opportunity Cost ppt.ppt

  • 1. The Foundation of Economics
  • 2.  NEEDS: are the basic necessities that a person must have in order to survive e.g. food, water, warmth, shelter and clothing  WANTS: are the desire that people have e.g. things that people would like to have, such as bigger homes, iphones, etc.
  • 3. The Economic Problem Unlimited Wants Scarce Resources – Land, Labour, Capital Resource Use Choices A wind farm. Copyright: iStock.com
  • 4. The Economic Problem O What goods and services should an economy produce? – should the emphasis be on agriculture, manufacturing or services, should it be on sport and leisure or housing? O How should goods and services be produced? – labour intensive, land intensive, capital intensive? Efficiency? O Who should get the goods and services produced? – even distribution? more for the rich? for those who work hard?
  • 5. SCARCITY The excess of wants resulting from having limited resources (land, labor, capital and entrepreneurs) in satisfying the endless wants of people. It is a universal problem for societies – it is not limited to poor countries. To the economist, all goods and services that have a price are relatively scarce. This means that they are scarce relative to people’s demand for them.
  • 6. Factors of Production  Land - natural resources available for production - renewable resources: those that replenish - non-renewable resources: cannot be replaced  Labor - physical and mental effort of people used in production  Capital - all non-natural (manufactured) resources that are used in the creation and production of other products  Enterprise (Entrepreneurship) - refers to the management, organization and planning of the other three factors of production
  • 7. Factors of Production Land Labor Capital Enterprise Rent Profit Interest Wages INCOME Payments to factors of Productio n
  • 8. Opportunity Costs All economic questions and problems arise from scarcity. Economics assumes people do not have the resources to satisfy all of their wants. Therefore, we must make choices about how to allocate those resources. We make decisions about how to spend our money and use our time.
  • 9. Opportunity Costs - The cost of the next best use of your time or money when you choose to do one thing rather than another is opportunity cost. - Let's say you have five dollars. What would you like to spend it on? There are a million things you would love to spend five bucks on, but let's imagine there are only three things out there you really want to buy: gum, soda, and movie tickets. Look at the price chart below and answer the questions.
  • 10. Look at the price chart below and answer the questions. Good Price  Gum Php 2  Soda Php 20  Movie Ticket Php150 1. How many sodas can you buy instead of one movie ticket? 2. How many pieces of gum can you buy instead of one soda?
  • 11. Trade Offs  Decisions involve tradeoffs. When you make a choice, you give up an opportunity to do something else.  The highest-valued alternative you give up is the opportunity cost of your decision.
  • 12.  You won a radio station contest and you are now $300 dollars richer. You can finally start looking for a new system in your car. Determine what criteria you think are important for choosing a system and identify the tradeoffs made when selecting one stereo over another.  You will encounter similar decisions for the rest of your life – what college to attend, what house to purchase, what kind of car to purchase, when to have children, how many children do you want to have, what school to send your children to, etc.  Researching opportunity cost of all options in any decision making process is vital in order to make the best available choice.  Also keep this in mind, Americans spend 85% of their financial respurces on things that will not last for more than three years…
  • 13. Identical twins Ashley and Mary Kate graduate with Bachelors degrees and receive the same job offer. Ashley passes up the job offer to pursue a Masters degree while Mary Kate takes the job offer and begins working.  Two years pass and Ashley graduates and begins working. By this time Mary Kate has been promoted to a position that is comparable to Ashley’s starting position, and Mary Kate’s salary has increased to an amount that is comparable to Ashley’s starting salary.
  • 14. So who made the better decision, Ashley or Mary Kate?  In business and in life, every choice we make comes at a cost since we forgo other possible alternatives in the process; this cost — whether it’s money, time, education, health, et cetera — is known as an opportunity cost.  In the example, one could argue that Ashley made the better decision since a Masters degree would be valuable if both lost their jobs and found themselves in a competitive job market. Yet when you look at the situation in terms of opportunity costs, Ashley’s Masters degree came at a cost of two years salary. If Ashley and Mary Kate stay on equal career paths from here on out, Mary Kate ends up making the better decision. An opportunity cost is the value or benefit of the next best alternative.
  • 15. Opportunity costs even come into play in the pursuit of happiness Opportunity costs are all around us and they differ from individual to individual. Take one look at Steve Jobs and Bill Gates and think of the opportunity costs if they had decided to forgo their entrepreneurial pursuits and continue their college education instead. Things would be very different now. Ultimately, opportunity costs apply to anything which is of value to a person and being conscious of how they apply to your situation can help in making a satisfactory choice/decision by considering the value or benefit of the next best alternative.