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● Education:♦ B.A. in Economics –UCSC
♦ M.S. and PhD in Economics –UW Madison
● Background:♦ Bass Lake
● Teaching Experience:♦ ECON 160, 310, and 405, 500 & BUS 302
● Education:♦ B.A. in Economics –UCSC
♦ M.S. and PhD in Economics –UW Madison
● Background:♦ Bass Lake
● Teaching Experience:♦ ECON 160, 310, and 405, 500 & BUS 302
Leah MarcalLeah Marcal
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● Research:♦ College Assessment Director
■Employer, alumni, and student satisfaction surveys ■Returns to college education
● Interests (before I had twins ):♦ Hiking
♦ Texas Hold’em
● Research:♦ College Assessment Director
■Employer, alumni, and student satisfaction surveys ■Returns to college education
● Interests (before I had twins ):♦ Hiking
♦ Texas Hold’em
Leah Marcal (cont.)Leah Marcal (cont.)
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● Name
● Undergraduate Major
● Employment
● Favorite movie
● Name
● Undergraduate Major
● Employment
● Favorite movie
Your Introductions:Your Introductions:
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SyllabusSyllabus
● Preparation:♦ Strong working knowledge of high school
algebra and geometry
● Textbook: ♦ Baumol and Blinder, Economics: Principles
and Policy, 11th edition (2010)
● Preparation:♦ Strong working knowledge of high school
algebra and geometry
● Textbook: ♦ Baumol and Blinder, Economics: Principles
and Policy, 11th edition (2010)
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Syllabus (cont.)Syllabus (cont.)
● Review: ♦ Class website:
http://www.csun.edu/~lem50734/econ500index.html■PPT slides for each lecture■Answers to selected questions at the end of each
chapter■Online practice quizzes
● Review: ♦ Class website:
http://www.csun.edu/~lem50734/econ500index.html■PPT slides for each lecture■Answers to selected questions at the end of each
chapter■Online practice quizzes
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Syllabus (cont.)Syllabus (cont.)
● Assessment:♦ In-class quizzes (10%)
■Drop lowest score
♦ Midterm (40%)
♦ Final (50%)■Contain T/F, multiple choice, and essay questions■No make-up quizzes or exams
● Assessment:♦ In-class quizzes (10%)
■Drop lowest score
♦ Midterm (40%)
♦ Final (50%)■Contain T/F, multiple choice, and essay questions■No make-up quizzes or exams
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Syllabus (cont.)Syllabus (cont.)
● Office Hours: ♦ JH 4250 on Tues. from 6:00 to 6:50; or by
appointment
♦ Email your questions: leah.marcal@csun.edu
● Classes: ♦ 12 meetings: 10 lectures and 2 exams
● Office Hours: ♦ JH 4250 on Tues. from 6:00 to 6:50; or by
appointment
♦ Email your questions: leah.marcal@csun.edu
● Classes: ♦ 12 meetings: 10 lectures and 2 exams
Date Topic Chapter
08/31 Scarcity and Cost 3
09/04 Supply and Demand 4
09/07 Consumer Demand and Elasticity 5 & 6
09/14 Production and Cost; Output and Price 7 & 8
09/18 Perfect Competition 10
09/21 Midterm ---
09/28 Monopoly 11
10/05 Between Competition and Monopoly 12
10/09 Macroeconomics and Aggregate Demand 22 & 25
10/12Aggregate Demand and Supply; Fiscal Policy
26, 27, & 28
10/19 Money and Monetary Policy 29 & 30
10/23 Final Exam ---
1
The Fundamental Economic Problem: Scarcity and Choice
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Scarcity and ChoiceScarcity and Choice
● Central problem in economics: how to chose among competing alternatives given the limited resources of decision makers
● Central problem in economics: how to chose among competing alternatives given the limited resources of decision makers
Decision-maker Alternatives
CA state gov. Roads or schools
Fed gov. Defense or SSI
Households New car or trip
Firms PCs or office furniture
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Scarcity and ChoiceScarcity and Choice
● All resources are scarce, so a decision to have more of one thing is a decision to have less of something else.
● Cost of any decision is its opportunity cost –value of the next best alternative that is given up.
● What is the cost of producing one car?
● All resources are scarce, so a decision to have more of one thing is a decision to have less of something else.
● Cost of any decision is its opportunity cost –value of the next best alternative that is given up.
● What is the cost of producing one car?
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Scarcity and ChoiceScarcity and Choice
● Goods are scarce because the resources (land, labor, capital, and fuel) that are used to produce goods are scarce.
● How does society decide whether cars or refrigerators are produced?♦ Forces of S and D
● Goods are scarce because the resources (land, labor, capital, and fuel) that are used to produce goods are scarce.
● How does society decide whether cars or refrigerators are produced?♦ Forces of S and D
● Opportunity cost is closely related to money cost if markets function properly♦ E.g., D for steel → high P for steel → high
opportunity cost of car → high P for cars
● No explicit P for some valuable resources –like time
● TC = money cost + opportunity cost♦ E.g., college education
● Opportunity cost is closely related to money cost if markets function properly♦ E.g., D for steel → high P for steel → high
opportunity cost of car → high P for cars
● No explicit P for some valuable resources –like time
● TC = money cost + opportunity cost♦ E.g., college education
Opportunity Cost and Money CostOpportunity Cost and Money Cost
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Scarcity and Choice for a Single FirmScarcity and Choice for a Single Firm
● Production Possibilities Frontier♦ PPF = graph showing different combinations
of output for a fixed number of inputs
♦ More of one good less of another
♦ Illustrates opportunity costs in production
● Production Possibilities Frontier♦ PPF = graph showing different combinations
of output for a fixed number of inputs
♦ More of one good less of another
♦ Illustrates opportunity costs in production
TABLE 1. PPF for a FarmerTABLE 1. PPF for a Farmer
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FIGURE 1. PPF for a FarmerFIGURE 1. PPF for a Farmer
Attainable region So
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ns
Wheat
E
D
C
B
A Unattainable region
60 65 52 38 30 20 10 0
10
20
30
40
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● Negatively sloped♦ ↑ Q wheat by moving resources out of soybean
production and into wheat production
● Slope = opportunity cost
● Bowed outward ♦ ↑ Opportunity cost of wheat as ↑ wheat production
■ Why? Inputs tend to be specialized. E.g., some land may be better suited for wheat vs. soybean production.
● Negatively sloped♦ ↑ Q wheat by moving resources out of soybean
production and into wheat production
● Slope = opportunity cost
● Bowed outward ♦ ↑ Opportunity cost of wheat as ↑ wheat production
■ Why? Inputs tend to be specialized. E.g., some land may be better suited for wheat vs. soybean production.
Features of the PPFFeatures of the PPF
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♦ Principle of increasing costs: production of one good opportunity cost of producing another unit
♦ PPF is bowed outward
♦ Reason: inputs tend to be specialized■If not, then PPF is a straight line
♦ Principle of increasing costs: production of one good opportunity cost of producing another unit
♦ PPF is bowed outward
♦ Reason: inputs tend to be specialized■If not, then PPF is a straight line
Principle of Increasing CostsPrinciple of Increasing Costs
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FIGURE 2. PPF without Specialized Resources
FIGURE 2. PPF without Specialized Resources
D
C
B
A
Brown Shoes
Bla
ck S
ho
es
50
40
30
20
10
0 50 40 30 20 10
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● Straight line PPF:♦ Constant opportunity costs
♦ Inputs are not specialized■Above, inputs used to produce black shoes are
equally well suited to produce brown shoes
● Straight line PPF:♦ Constant opportunity costs
♦ Inputs are not specialized■Above, inputs used to produce black shoes are
equally well suited to produce brown shoes
Principle of Increasing CostsPrinciple of Increasing Costs
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● Use PPFs to show scarcity and choice for the entire economy
● PPF for a country depends on:♦ Resources♦ Skills of its labor force♦ Technology♦ Willingness to work♦ Past investments in factories, educ., and research
● Use PPFs to show scarcity and choice for the entire economy
● PPF for a country depends on:♦ Resources♦ Skills of its labor force♦ Technology♦ Willingness to work♦ Past investments in factories, educ., and research
Scarcity and Choice for the Entire SocietyScarcity and Choice for the Entire Society
FIGURE 3. PPF for Entire EconomyFIGURE 3. PPF for Entire Economy
Th
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Yea
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Missiles per Year
C
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D
B
500 400 300 200 100
0
100
200
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400
500
600
700
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Scarcity and Choice for the Entire SocietyScarcity and Choice for the Entire Society
● B → D: give up 150,000 cars to get 300 missiles.
● F → C: give up 200,000 cars to get 50 missiles.
● ↑ Opportunity cost of military strength as more resources that are suited for car prod. are forced into missile prod.
● B → D: give up 150,000 cars to get 300 missiles.
● F → C: give up 200,000 cars to get 50 missiles.
● ↑ Opportunity cost of military strength as more resources that are suited for car prod. are forced into missile prod.
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Economic GrowthEconomic Growth
● ↑resources or technology shifts the PPF outward
● Factors that promote growth:♦ ↑ labor skills♦ Technological advances♦ Investments in K –robots, computers, and factories
● Grow faster by investing in educ., R&D, and new factories and equipment
● ↑resources or technology shifts the PPF outward
● Factors that promote growth:♦ ↑ labor skills♦ Technological advances♦ Investments in K –robots, computers, and factories
● Grow faster by investing in educ., R&D, and new factories and equipment
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Economic GrowthEconomic Growth
● Resources can be used to produce C goods or K goods♦ E.g., steel used to produce cars instead of
assembly lines; workers used to produce clothing instead of attending school.
● Investment in K goods shifts out the PPF
● What is the cost of economic growth?
● Resources can be used to produce C goods or K goods♦ E.g., steel used to produce cars instead of
assembly lines; workers used to produce clothing instead of attending school.
● Investment in K goods shifts out the PPF
● What is the cost of economic growth?
Figure 4. Growth in the U.S. and AsiaFigure 4. Growth in the U.S. and Asia
F
F
G
G
Capital Goods
(a) United States
This year’s production possibilities
Next year’s production possibilities
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g
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Capital Goods
(b) Asia
Next year’s production possibilities
A
BCo
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This year’s production possibilities
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EfficiencyEfficiency
● Efficiency = no waste
● Economy produces max. output using available resources
● Efficiency and the PPF♦ Any point on the boundary is efficient
■Efficiency does not indicate which point is best
♦ Any point on the interior is inefficient
● Efficiency = no waste
● Economy produces max. output using available resources
● Efficiency and the PPF♦ Any point on the boundary is efficient
■Efficiency does not indicate which point is best
♦ Any point on the interior is inefficient
FIGURE 5. PPF and EfficiencyFIGURE 5. PPF and Efficiency
Th
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of
Au
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Yea
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Missiles per Year
C
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D
B
500 400 300 200 100
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
A
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Point A is inefficient
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EfficiencyEfficiency
● Sources of inefficiency:♦ Unemployment
♦ Inputs assigned to the wrong task
♦ Discrimination
● Sources of inefficiency:♦ Unemployment
♦ Inputs assigned to the wrong task
♦ Discrimination
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Three Coordination Tasks of Any EconomyThree Coordination Tasks of Any Economy
1. How to utilize resources efficiently –get on the boundary of the PPF
2. What combinations of goods to produce –which point on the PPF
3. How much of each good to distribute to each person –who gets what
♦ Goals can be accomplished by a central planner or a price system
1. How to utilize resources efficiently –get on the boundary of the PPF
2. What combinations of goods to produce –which point on the PPF
3. How much of each good to distribute to each person –who gets what
♦ Goals can be accomplished by a central planner or a price system
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● Division of Labor: each person specializes in the production of a particular good or task
● Adam Smith in Wealth of Nations (1776) describes specialization in a pin factory: ♦ “One man draws out the wire, another straightens it, a
third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth grinds it at the top for receiving the head; to make the head requires 2 or 3 distinct operations; to whiten the pins is another; it is even a trade by itself to put them into the paper.”
● Division of Labor: each person specializes in the production of a particular good or task
● Adam Smith in Wealth of Nations (1776) describes specialization in a pin factory: ♦ “One man draws out the wire, another straightens it, a
third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth grinds it at the top for receiving the head; to make the head requires 2 or 3 distinct operations; to whiten the pins is another; it is even a trade by itself to put them into the paper.”
Efficiency in ProductionEfficiency in Production
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Efficiency in ProductionEfficiency in Production
● Smith observed that this division of labor increased the productivity of the workers as a whole stating:
■“I have seen a manufacturing plant where 10 men were employed. Those 10 men could make among them upwards of 48,000 pins a day. But if they had all worked separately and independently, they certainly could not each of them have made 20, perhaps not 1 pin in a day.”
● Smith observed that this division of labor increased the productivity of the workers as a whole stating:
■“I have seen a manufacturing plant where 10 men were employed. Those 10 men could make among them upwards of 48,000 pins a day. But if they had all worked separately and independently, they certainly could not each of them have made 20, perhaps not 1 pin in a day.”
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Efficiency in ProductionEfficiency in Production
● Imagine a world without specialization ♦ You would have to produce all of your own
clothing, food, shelter, and transportation.
● So what should you specialize in? ■Doing what you do best and trading with others
● Imagine a world without specialization ♦ You would have to produce all of your own
clothing, food, shelter, and transportation.
● So what should you specialize in? ■Doing what you do best and trading with others
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Efficiency in ProductionEfficiency in Production
● Example: a world-class neurosurgeon is the best car mechanic in Los Angeles. ♦ Should she repair her own car?
♦ What is the opportunity cost of having her spend one hour repairing her car?
● Example: a world-class neurosurgeon is the best car mechanic in Los Angeles. ♦ Should she repair her own car?
♦ What is the opportunity cost of having her spend one hour repairing her car?
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Comparative AdvantageComparative Advantage
● Principle of comparative advantage is illustrated here.
● Neurosurgeon specializes in surgery despite her advantage as a car mechanic because she has an even greater advantage as a surgeon.
● She suffers some loss by letting a lesser skilled mechanic repair her car. Yet, she makes up for that loss by the income gained from surgery.
● Principle of comparative advantage is illustrated here.
● Neurosurgeon specializes in surgery despite her advantage as a car mechanic because she has an even greater advantage as a surgeon.
● She suffers some loss by letting a lesser skilled mechanic repair her car. Yet, she makes up for that loss by the income gained from surgery.
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Comparative AdvantageComparative Advantage
● Comparative advantage applies to countries.
● Standard of living in the U.S. would be lower if it tried to produce everything itself. ♦ Example: U.S. could produce winter roses and
computer software.
♦ U.S. is better off specializing in software and buying winter roses from Latin America where the opportunity cost of roses is lower.
● Comparative advantage applies to countries.
● Standard of living in the U.S. would be lower if it tried to produce everything itself. ♦ Example: U.S. could produce winter roses and
computer software.
♦ U.S. is better off specializing in software and buying winter roses from Latin America where the opportunity cost of roses is lower.
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Voluntary ExchangeVoluntary Exchange
● Specialization leads to exchange♦ Prior to industrial revolution, workers produced what
they consumed. After, workers who produced shoes needed to trade with others who produced food or clothing.
● Voluntary exchange between 2 parties must make both parties better off. ♦ Even though no additional goods are created in the act
of trading, welfare of society is improved. Individuals can trade what they have for what they want.
● Specialization leads to exchange♦ Prior to industrial revolution, workers produced what
they consumed. After, workers who produced shoes needed to trade with others who produced food or clothing.
● Voluntary exchange between 2 parties must make both parties better off. ♦ Even though no additional goods are created in the act
of trading, welfare of society is improved. Individuals can trade what they have for what they want.
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Voluntary ExchangeVoluntary Exchange
● Why don’t we trade goods for goods? Why do we need money?
■ Search costs
● Recall: focus is efficiency in production. Sidetracked: division of labor and specialization → comparative advantage → exchange
● Firms are also encouraged by the profit motive not to waste inputs → efficiency in production
● Why don’t we trade goods for goods? Why do we need money?
■ Search costs
● Recall: focus is efficiency in production. Sidetracked: division of labor and specialization → comparative advantage → exchange
● Firms are also encouraged by the profit motive not to waste inputs → efficiency in production
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Production DecisionsProduction Decisions
● Task (2) –which point on the PPF –is accomplished by the forces of S and D. ♦ Example: if consumers want more fuel-
efficient cars, automakers must produce smaller, more efficient cars.
● Task (2) –which point on the PPF –is accomplished by the forces of S and D. ♦ Example: if consumers want more fuel-
efficient cars, automakers must produce smaller, more efficient cars.
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Distribution of GoodsDistribution of Goods
● Task (3) –who gets what –is accomplished by consumers purchasing what they like best given their income.
● Ability to purchase goods is not equally distributed.♦ Highly skilled workers and individuals who own
valuable resources can sell their labor or resources at high prices giving them greater incomes.
● Should we redistribute income so that everyone can consume the same amount of goods and services?
● Task (3) –who gets what –is accomplished by consumers purchasing what they like best given their income.
● Ability to purchase goods is not equally distributed.♦ Highly skilled workers and individuals who own
valuable resources can sell their labor or resources at high prices giving them greater incomes.
● Should we redistribute income so that everyone can consume the same amount of goods and services?