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Welcome to Economics & Society as a Business Environment Foundation Year Academic Program Prof. Dr. Peter Schmidt Fall 2015 schmidt-bremen.de -> EconomicsSociety Business Environment Economics Quantitative Methods Introductions . . . Economics Lecturer Students Who am I Peter Schmidt Economics & Statistics ZEW Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung Mannheim market . research . culture schmidt-bremen.de -> EconomicsSociety You are highly motivated students have to carry your individual workload: (10) Principles of Economics Every field of study has its own terminology Mathematics integrals axioms vector spaces Psychology ego id torts Law Promissory estoppel venues cognitive dissonance Every field of study has its own terminology Economics Supply Opportunity cost Comparative advantage Elasticity Consumer Surplus Demand Deadweight loss Economics trains you to. . . . Think in terms of alternatives. Evaluate the cost of individual and social choices. Examine and understand how certain events and issues are related. The Economist as a Scientist The economic way of thinking . . . Involves thinking analytically and objectively. Makes use of the scientific method. The Scientific Method Uses abstract models to help explain how a complex, real world operates. Develops theories, collects, and analyzes data to support (or dismiss) the theories. Observation, Theory and More Observation! Ten Principles of Economics Chapter 1 Copyright © by Harcourt, Inc. All rights reserved. Requests for permission to make copies of any part of the work should be mailed to: Permissions Department, Harcourt College Publishers, 6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, Florida 32887-6777. A household and an economy face many decisions: Who will work? What goods and how many of them should be produced? What resources should be used in production? At what price should the goods be sold? Society and Scarce Resources: The management of society’s resources is important because resources are scarce. Scarcity . . . . . . means that society has limited resources and therefore cannot produce all the goods and services people wish to have. Economics Economics is the study of how society manages its scarce resources. Economists study. . . How people make decisions. How people interact with each other. The forces and trends that affect the economy as a whole. Ten Principles of Economics I How People Make Decisions 1. 2. 3. 4. People face tradeoffs. The cost of something is what you give up to get it. Rational people think at the margin. People respond to incentives. II How People Interact 5. 6. 7. Trade can make everyone better off. Markets are usually a good way to organize economic activity. Governments can sometimes improve market outcomes. III How the Economy as a Whole Works 8. 9. 10. The standard of living depends on a country’s production. Prices rise when the government prints too much money. Society faces a short-run tradeoff between inflation and unemployment. Ten Principles of Economics I How People Make Decisions 1. People face tradeoffs. 2. The cost of something is what you give up to get it. 3. Rational people think at the margin. 4. People respond to incentives. Ten Principles of Economics II How People Interact 5. Trade can make everyone better off. 6. Markets are usually a good way to organize economic activity. 7. Governments can sometimes improve market outcomes. Ten Principles of Economics III How the Economy as a Whole Works 8. The standard of living depends on a country’s production. 9. Prices rise when the government prints too much money. 10. Society faces a short-run tradeoff between inflation and unemployment. And always remember … People face tradeoffs ! “There is no such thing as a free lunch!”