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Introduction
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10 1 • Welcome to Economics!
and understanding behavior in markets —the world of economics. Each chapter in this book will start with a
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1.1 What Is Economics, and Why Is It Important?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
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• Explain the relationship between producti... | {"creator": "PDFMiner", "source": "downloads\\business\\economics\\Microeconomics3e.pdf", "total_pages": 597, "batch_upload": true, "source_file": "downloads\\business\\economics\\Microeconomics3e.pdf", "uploaded_via": "batch_uploader", "producer": "Prince 14.2 (www.princexml.com)", "upload_timestamp": "2026-02-07T15:2... |
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time, or for sleep. At any point in time, there is only a finite amount of resources available.
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Introduction to FRED
Data is very important in economics because it describes and measures the issues and problems that
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12 1 • Welcome to Economics!
FIGURE 1.3 Adam Smith Adam Smith introduced the idea of dividing labor into discrete tasks. (Credit: "Adam
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You do not have to know anything about electronics or sound systems to play music—you just buy an iPod or
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14 1 • Welcome to Economics!
Why Study Economics?
FIGURE 1.5 Esther Duflo, Abhijit Banerjee, and Michael Kremer Esther Duflo, Abhijit Banerjee (both from
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As you can see, economics affects far more than business. For example:
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1.2 • Microeconomics and Macroeconomics 15
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• Contrast monetary policy and fiscal policy
Economics is concerned with the well-being of allpeople, including those with jobs and those without jobs, as
well as those with high incomes and those with low incomes. Economics acknowledges that production of
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It should be clear by now that economics covers considerable ground. We can divide that ground into two
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the future, or whether they should borrow to spend beyond their current means?
What determines the products, and how many of each, a firm will produce and sell? What determines the
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Macroeconomics
What determines the level of economic activity in a society? In other words, what determines how many goods
and services a nation actually produces? What determines how many jobs are available in an economy? What
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government spending and taxes. For the United States, this is the Congress and the executive branch, which
originates the federal budget. These are the government's main tools. Americans tend to expect that
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FIGURE 1.6 John Maynard Keynes One of the most influential economists in modern times was John Maynard
Keynes. (Credit: “John Maynard Keynes” by IMF/Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain)
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1.3 • How Economists Use Theories and Models to Understand Economic Issues 17
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object or situation you are studying.
Sometimes economists use the term model instead of theory. Strictly speaking, a theory is a more abstract
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A good model to start with in economics is the circular flow diagram (Figure 1.7). It pictures the economy as
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Of course, in the real world, there are many different markets for goods and services and markets for many
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buying and selling, all employment. The economic life of every individual is interrelated, at least to a small
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organize their economic affairs the way they have always done (i.e., tradition). Occupations stay in the family.
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FIGURE 1.9 A Market Economy Nothing says “market” more than The New York Stock Exchange. (Credit: work by
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