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NEED: This is often thought of as a physiological or biological requirement for maintaining life, such as the need for air, water, food, shelter, and sleep. Satisfaction is achieved by fulfilling needs. Physiological needs should be contrasted with psychological wants that make life more enjoyable but are not necessary to stay alive. However, when push comes to shove, and the nitty gets down to the gritty, it matters very little to markets if people need goods or want goods, so long as they are motivated to satisfy them. This motivation is what drives economic activity.
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Lesson 11: Circular Flow | Unit 1: Basic Flow
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- The circular flow model, which is the continuous production and consumption interaction among the four major sectors-household, business, government, and foreign-- that takes place through the three aggregated macroeconomic markets--product, factor and financial.
- The basic role of the sectors--household, business, government and foreign--of the economy.
- The three aggregated markets: (a) Product markets: All markets in the economy that exchange final goods and services. (b) Factor markets: All markets that exchanges the services of the economy's labor resources. (c) Financial markets: All markets that trade financial instruments.
- The physical flow, which is the counter-clockwise flow of resources from the household to the business sector and of production from the business to the household sector.
- The payment flow, which is the clockwise flow of payment for resources purchased by the business from the household sector and of payment for production purchased by the household to the business sector.
- The continuous circular flow of payments: GDP used for factor payments, which becomes national income, which is used for consumption to buy GDP.
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MARKET-ORIENTED ECONOMY A mixed economy that relies heavily on markets to answer the three questions of allocation, but with a modest amount of government involvement. While it is commonly termed capitalism, the term market-oriented economy is much more descriptive of the structure of the economy. The United States is the primary example of a market-oriented economy.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at a going out of business sale seeking to buy either a wall poster commemorating the first day of spring or a lazy Susan for you dining room table. Be on the lookout for rusty deck screws.
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