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WHAT?: One of three basic questions of allocation (the other two are How? and For Whom?). Answering the 'What?' question of allocation determines the types and quantities of goods and services produced with society's limited resources. Should society produce hammocks or hot fudge sundaes? Computers or Cadillacs? Birdfeed or battleships? The production possibilities analysis sets the stage for answering the 'What?' question.
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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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RELATIVELY INELASTIC An elasticity alternative in which relatively large changes in one variable (usually price) cause relatively small changes in another variable (usually quantity). In other words, quantity is not very responsive to price. Quantity does change, but not much, in response to large changes in price. This characterization of elasticity is most important for the price elasticity of demand and the price elasticity of supply. Relatively inelastic is one of five elasticity alternatives. The other four are perfectly elastic, perfectly inelastic, relatively elastic, and unit elastic.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time calling an endless list of 800 numbers hoping to buy either a three-hole paper punch or decorative picture frames. Be on the lookout for fairy dust that tastes like salt.
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