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PART1INTRODUCTIONGettingStartedCHAPTER1

CHAPTERCHECKLISTWhenyouhavecompletedyourstudyofthischapter,youwillbeabletoDefineeconomicsandexplainthequestionsthateconomiststrytoanswer.1Explainthecoreideasthatdefinetheeconomicwayofthinking.2

1.1DEFINITIONANDQUESTIONSAlleconomicquestionsandproblemsarisebecausehumanwantsexceedtheresourcesavailabletosatisfythem.ScarcityTheconditionthatarisesbecausetheavailableresourcesareinsufficienttosatisfywants.Facedwithscarcity,wemustmakechoices—wemustchooseamongtheavailablealternatives.Thechoiceswemakedependontheincentivesweface.

1.1DEFINITIONANDQUESTIONS Economics Thesocialsciencethatstudiesthechoicesthatwemakeaswecopewithscarcityandtheincentivesthatinfluenceandreconcileourchoices.Twobigeconomicquestions:Howchoicesdeterminewhat,how,andforwhomgoodsandservicesgetproduced?Whendochoicesmadeinself-interestalsopromotesocialinterest?

1.1DEFINITIONANDQUESTIONSWhat,How,andForWhom?GoodsandservicesTheobjects(goods)andactions(services)thatpeoplevalueandproducetosatisfyhumanwants.Whatgoodsandservicesgetproducedandinwhatquantities?Howaregoodsandservicesproduced?ForWhomarethevariousgoodsandservicesproduced?

1.1DEFINITIONANDQUESTIONSWhenIsthePursuitofSelf-InterestintheSocialInterest?Self-interestThechoicesthatarebestfortheindividualwhomakesthem.SocialinterestThechoicesthatarebestforsocietyasawhole.

1.1DEFINITIONANDQUESTIONSCanchoicesmadeinself-interestalsoservethesocialinterest?Let’sillustratewitheighttopics:GlobalizationandinternationaloutsourcingGlobalizationandinternationaloutsourcingareintheinterestofownersofmultinationalfirmsthatprofit,butisitinthesocialinterest?

1.1DEFINITIONANDQUESTIONS2. TheneweconomyMakersofcomputerchipandprogramsdevelopedproductsintheirself-int