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M1: The narrow-range monetary aggregate for the U.S. economy containing the combination of currency (and coins) issued by government and held by the nonbank public and checkable deposits issued by banking institutions. M1 contains the two items that function as THE medium of exchange for the U.S. economy. M1 is one of three monetary aggregates tracked and reported by the Federal Reserve System. The other two are designated M2 and M3.

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Lesson 3: Scarcity | Unit 1: The Concept Page: 2 of 17

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We live in a big, bad world of scarcity.

Meaning:

  • There's never enough resources to produce everything that everyone wants,
  • Some people have to do without some of the stuff that they want or need,
  • The same resources can not be used to produce two different goods at the same time, and
  • Doing one thing, producing one good, performing one activity, forces you to give up something else.

Then:

  • Scarcity is what the study of economics is all about.

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PUBLIC CHOICE

The study of collective decisions made by groups of individuals, especially those decisions made by government organizations. As the name suggests, public choice is primarily the study of how choices (decisions) are made by the public (government) sector. Such choices are made, in principle, on behalf of the public or all members of society, to correct market failures or imperfections in the private sector. However, in that the world is imperfect on all fronts, the government sector also comes up short in many cases, with inefficient imperfections due to election seeking politicians, ignorant and abstaining voters, special interest groups, and government bureaucracies.

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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time visiting every yard sale in a 30-mile radius looking to buy either a wall poster commemorating the 2000 Presidential election or a rechargeable flashlight. Be on the lookout for malfunctioning pocket calculators.
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The first paper currency used in North America was pasteboard playing cards "temporarily" authorized as money by the colonial governor of French Canada, awaiting "real money" from France.
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