Lecture Note
University
John Jay College of Criminal JusticeCourse
ECO 220 | Intermediate MacroeconomicsPages
1
Academic year
2022
CharlesP
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25
What Economics Is - Economics is the study of how human beings coordinate their wants and desires, given the Decision-making mechanism, social customs, and political realities of the society - The three central coordination problems any economy must solve 1. What, and how much, to produce 2. How to produce it 3. For whom to produce it Scarcity - Scarcity exists because individuals want more than can be produced - Scarcity means the goods available are too few to satisfy individuals’ desires - The degree of scarcity is constantly changing - The quantity of goods, services and useable resources depends on technology and Human action Modern Economics - Economics, like any field of study, evolves and changes - Modern economics is based both on deduction and induction - Deduction is a method of reasoning in which one deduces a theory based on a set of Almost self-evident principles - Induction is a method of reasoning in which one develops general principles by looking For patterns in the data - Abduction is the combination of deduction and induction
Economics Essentials: Coordination, Scarcity, Evolution
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