Thursday, April 2, 2015

Tuesday / Wednesday March 31 & April 1

Students worked on the chapter study.

Mr. Zartler handed out the following study guide:

Micro-Economics Test Study Guide

Test Date: Monday, 6 April (Make up Thursday, 9 April during tutorial)

Vocabulary:


Value
Wants
Needs
Supply
Demand
Scarcity
Cost
Economy
Opportunity Cost
Consumer
Return on Investment (ROI)

Risk
Budget
Income
Capital
Investment
Credit
Principal
Interest
Debt
Deficit
Consumer

Producer
Market
Opportunity Cost
Law of Supply
Surplus
Shortage
Law of Diminishing Returns
Fixed Cost
Marginal Cost
Economies of Scale



Compounding Interest
9 February

Supply & Demand & Cost (Price)
11 February and 5 March

Minimum Wage
24 February

Supply & Demand & Cost in the Labor Market
26 February

1) Are wages following the trends that traditional economics would suggest?
2) Given the quote: "The absence of meaningful gains in American workers' pay has been one of the lingering problems in the economy." Say why.
3) Given that inflation is the decrease in the value of money over time .... If there _is_ inflation, why is wage growth important to the economy?
9 March

Inferior Goods & Normal Goods
5 March

Demand and Supply and Cost and EQUILIBRIUM

Law of Supply
17 March

Production and Cost
30 March

Much of Economics is based on the assumption of rationality; do people always make rational choices?


How can your understanding of the economics we have discussed and studied help you make well-informed (and hopefully good) decisions about your future?

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