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FEDERAL RESERVE PYRAMID: A simple little diagram that depicts the structure of the Federal Reserve System, which is in the shape of triangle (hence the not totally accurate term "pyramid"), with a large base that comes to a peak. The base of the pyramid contains thousands of commercial banks, which rests on a foundation of the millions of people who make up the nonbank public. The middle of the pyramid includes 37 Federal Reserve Banks, including 12 District Banks and 25 Branch Banks. Resting at the top of the pyramid is the Board of Governors, with the Chairman at the very, very top. The top also has two notable offshoots -- the Federal Open Market Committee and the Federal Advisory Council.

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Lesson 3: Scarcity | Unit 5: THE Problem Page: 15 of 17

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An important aspect of scarcity is the fact that almost nothing is free.
  • That's why economists are fond of saying: 'There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
We have always faced limited resources and we've always wanted more than we can produce.
  • Scarcity is definitely THE Economic Problem.
  • Everything we do from in economic terms-production, consumption, working, attending college-is directed toward this problem.
  • Scarcity is important to many, perhaps even all, other human activities.
  • Education? Without scarcity, education is not needed.
  • Government? Without scarcity, government is not needed.
  • What about vacations, religion, television?

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MARGINAL PRODUCT CURVE

A curve that graphically illustrates the relation between marginal product and the quantity of the variable input, holding all other inputs fixed. This curve indicates the incremental change in output at each level of a variable input. The marginal product curve is one of three related curves used in the analysis of the short-run production of a firm. The other two are total product curve and average product curve. The marginal product curve plays in key role in the economic analysis of short-run production by a firm.

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