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EconomicsEconomics
Powerpoint produced by Rachel Farrell (PDST) & Aoife Healion (SHS, Tullamore)
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Science• Is knowledge gained byobservation and experimentthat is repeated and tested
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Social Science• Is the study of human behaviour
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Aims• Are the goods and services that
people require from an economy.
• They are divided into needs and wants.
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Needs• Are essentials required for
survival.• Basic needs.• Food, shelter, clothing.
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Wants
• Are anything in excess of our needs.
• Things we can live without.• TV, holidays, i-pod………………
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Scarce Resources• AKA• The factors of production.• Land• Labour• Capital• Enterprise
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What is economics?
• Economics is a social sciencewhich studies human behaviour in relation to people’s aims and the scarce resources available to themto achieve these aims, knowing that the resources have alternative uses.
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The Factors of Production
• Are those scarce resources which we use to produce wealth.
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4 Factors of Production• Land
• Labour
• Capital
• Enterprise
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Land• All things supplied by nature
which helps to create wealth.• It is fixed in supply.• Eg. fields, water, natural gas,
oil, coal, minerals, trees……..• The payment/reward for land
is rent.
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Labour• Any human effort which helps
to create wealth.
• Eg. employees, builders, carpenters, factory workers…..
• The reward for labour is wages.
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Capital• All man-made things that are
used to create wealth.
• Eg.buildings, machinery, computers, tractors………..
• The reward for capital investment is interest.
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Enterprise• The human activity that brings
together the 4 factors of production to take the initiative and risk to set up a new business.
• Eg. Bill Gates, Richard Branson…
• The reward for enterprise is profit.
• The risk of enterprise is loss.
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Example: BreadLand Wheat
Labour Farmer, baker
Capital Tractor, oven, bakery
Enterprise Cuisine de France
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Opportunity Cost
• Factors of production are scarce.• They have alternative uses.• Therefore we must make choices
when deciding what to produce or purchase.
• (2005 SQ 1)
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Opportunity Cost (continued)
• The opportunity cost is the sacrifice of the item you must do without when you have to make a choice between two items you want to produce or purchase.
• (2005 SQ 1)
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Opportunity Cost (continued)
• Example• I have €2.00.• I can buy ice-cream or pringles.• I choose ice-cream.• Financial cost = €2.00• Opportunity cost = pringles.
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2007 SQ 7 • An Irish banking group own thirty
branch offices. There is no opportunity cost to the banking group using these offices as they are fully owned.
• True/False
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Answer• False
• The branch offices could be sold and the money invested.
• An income could be earned from renting the branch offices.
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Externalities
• Are the unintended side effects of a calculated decision to do something.
• Bad: Factory = pollution, noise, traffic.
• Good: Money from rates used to build sports hall…
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Wealth
• Is a stock of goods and services which have been accumulated.
• Eg. cars, houses, computers…..
• Note: See interactive resources
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Income
• Is a flow of goods and services.• It is possible to have a high standard
of living and to spend all your earnings on disposable goods and have no wealth left to show for that spending.
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Our Welfare
Comprises of having a combination of good;
• Income• Wealth• Health• Happiness• Living conditions •
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The Aims of Economics1. To achieve efficient use of
resources
To use the factors of production in such a way as to satisfy as many of the needs and wants of society as possible.
Eg. recycling, efficient cars……
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2. To achieve an equitable distribution of wealth
Rewarding people in relation to the contribution they make to the economy.
Providing income for people unable to work.
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3. To create stability in an economy
To attempt to avoid the cycle of booms (huge economic growth) and slumps (recessions) in the performance of an economy.
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Microeconomics• Deals with individual units and the
interaction between them. • Eg. consumer, household, firm.• It deals with supply and demand.• It shows how many goods will be
produced and consumed at a given market price.
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Macroeconomics• Is the study of the entire economy
in broad terms. • Eg. the total income in the
economy, the total level of employment, the total amount of production.
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Open Economy• Trades with other countries.• Eg. Ireland.
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Closed Economy
• Does not trade with other countries.
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A Free Good• Is a good that is plentiful in supply.• Eg. Air, water.• But their status may change due
to pollution, drought………
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An Economic Good1. Is a good that demands a price.2. It must give some satisfaction when
consumed.3. It must be transferable from one person to
another.
Students: Write a brief Explanation of each point & eg.
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A Capital Good• Is a good not wanted for itself.• But for the contribution it makes
produce goods and services.
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An Economic Model
• Is a simplified representation of the real world.
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Ceteris Paribus Is the assumption that no other factor
which influences the topic we are talking about changes at that time.
i.e. “All things being equal.”Eg. If price increases demand falls, assuming that incomes did not rise.
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The laws of economics are dynamic
• Because;• They are not statement of fact.• They are a statement that under
certain economic conditions, certain people will act in a certain way.
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• Economic laws may become obsolete due to;
• Changing human behaviour.• Changing economic conditions.
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Positive Economics
• Is a neutral science.• It states what is.• It does not give value judgements.Eg. The government needs to
increase spending. (leaves it to gov to decide on what)
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Normative Economics
• Is based on value judgements.• Eg. The government should spend
more money on education as this is best for the nation’s future.
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Deductive Reasoning(abstract)
• Going from general to particular.• Drawing conclusions from generally held
principles.• Eg. If prices of goods fall demand increases, therefore if the price of Daz falls more of it will be demanded.
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Inductive Reasoning(empirical)
• Going from particular to general.
• Drawing conclusions from observing known facts of many many particular situations.
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Eg. • A study found that demand fell in 1,000
individual shops when prices were increased.
• Therefore we can conclude that when prices rise, demand falls. (ceteris paribus)