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Lesson 9: Macro Basics | Unit 1: The Macroeconomy Page: 3 of 16

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  • The basic definition of an economy, which is an interactive system of production, distribution, and consumption of resources, goods and services.
  • The four macroeconomic sectors of and their expenditures on total production: (a) the household sector and consumption, (b) the business sector and investment, (c) the government sector and government purchases, and (d) the foreign sector and net exports.
  • The primary economic functions of the household sector, which is consumption, the business sector, which is production, and the government sector, which is regulating economic activity.
  • The difference between microeconomics, the study of the parts of the economy, and macroeconomics, the study of the aggregate economy.


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PERFECT COMPETITION, REALISM

Perfect competition is an idealized market structure that does NOT exist in the real world. While some real world industries might come relatively close to one or two of the four key characteristics of perfect competition, none matches all four sufficiently that they can be declared PERFECTLY competitively. Some industries come close on the large number of small firms and the identical product characteristics. A few industries have relatively good, although not perfect, information about prices and technology. However, almost all industries fall far short of the perfect mobility characteristics.

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