1Why do we need government?
To organize things and control sinful man's actions. Not to take good things away but to take bad things away..
2Why should we obey rulers?
Christians had Nero as their ruler, jesus paid taxes. we are called to submit to our authorities or incur God's judgement. Rulers cannot harm our soul so we don't need to fear them. But when the ruling authority contradicts God's authority it goes away. Daniel did not submit to authority but submitted to punishment.
3federal code
all laws congress has passed
4current inflation rate vs typical rate
4.93% vs 1-2%
5austrian school of economics
free market oriented approach, suspicious of government in market, opposite of keynesian
6keynesian school
opposite of austrian, the various macroeconomic theories and models of how aggregate demand strongly influences economic output and inflation, government should interfere and control market prices
7public works and what they require
bridges etc (what government does for people), needs more taxes
8Demographic
visual display of people and their characteristics
9x industry
any industry that needs saving
10world population
we are leveling out, then will shrink, workforce will get smaller
11subsidy
give direct payments to producer to lower price or offset price for the purchaser to help purchasers want to get the product. a payment from government to private entities, usually to ensure firms stay in business and protect jobs.
12why does the government lower rent/cap rent?
to build more aparetments where demand is high and so ordinary people will buy apartments.
13what does rent cap result in?
fewer apartments and more run down apartments.
14minimum wage
lowest hourly amount workers can get (7.25)
15How are wages determined?
smallest amount that will still draw people in
16What does higher minimum wage mean?
higher unemployment because you have to lay off workers and can't afford more
17economics
(deals in scarcity) the discipline of understanding how we make decisions about the scarcity of goods
18Types of economies
1. traditional 2. command 3. market 4. underground (trucks come make uncomfy)
19Traditional economy
everyone does the same thing. A traditional economy is an economic system in which traditions, customs, and beliefs help shape the goods and services the economy produces, as well as the rule and manner of their distribution.
20command economy
one personovernment runs the economy. an economy in which production, investment, prices, and incomes are determined centrally by a government.
21market economy
buying and selling is the planning. an economic system in which production and prices are determined by unrestricted competition between privately owned businesses.
22underground economy
black market
23What are most markets/ america?
Command and market
24division of labor
the separation of the tasks in any economic system or organisation so that participants may specialize (specialization)
25utility
usefulness of an object, getting more is not helpful
26margin
aquisision of one more unit of something, selling more is more helpful
27law of diminishing margin return
more not as helpful, another unit is basically useless, At a certain point, employing an additional factor of production causes a relatively smaller increase in output.
28opportunity cost
the opportunity vs the the cost (thing you give up to do the thing you want to do)
29sunk cost
money that has been spent that cannot be regained
30supply and demand
an economic model of price determination in a market. It postulates that, holding all else equal, in a competitive market, the unit price for a particular good, or other traded item such as labor or liquid financial assets, will vary until it settles at a point where the quantity demanded (at the current price) will equal the quantity supplied (at the current price), resulting in an economic equilibrium for price and quantity transacted.
31complimentary goods
things often bought together, such as pb+j
32substitute goods
goods that are easily swapped for other goods
33law of demand
when price is lower people want more, and when people want less the price goes up.
34Demand graph
Price | Quantity
35Supply graph
Price |_/ Quantity
36Supply
How much of a particular good that is availiable now to buy (if you make a lot of money you can make a lot of things)
37Law of Supply
When there is more buying more is made, when there is less buying less is made
38What is the point where supply and demand cross
equilibrium price/quantity
39Price |DemandxSupply_ Quantity identify points
low-people want more than is supplied at the price high-there is more supply than people want
40Composition
People who make up the demand curve
41What are things that cause supply and demand lines to shift
income, natural disasters, inflation, strikes, supplies skyrocket price, change in production cost, government regulation, technology, wages
42income
everything you earn
43wage
things you can earn from an hourly job (for example)
44Price controls
ceiling and floor, how high or low something can be charged
45ceiling problems
less supply because more can't be bought (you run out of supply because the price is too low and it gets bought. makes things run out faster)
46floor problems
trying to save something causes less supply (you can't make as much because the price is too high)
47things that shift the demand curve for labor
machines, high turnover (people leaving)
48interest
the price of the use of money
49loan interest amount
3-5%
50How is interest decided
the likelyhood of getting paid back
51stock
part ownership in a company, goal is to sell to get more money than you had
52capital
means by which a company makes things (resources, plants), all the things a company owns
53bond
loaning money to the person supplying the bond
54How does the federal reserve board get financed
buying government bonds, tries to take money out of circulation
55Rate of change
used to understand price returns (rate of return on an investment) and identify momentum in trends. The rate of how quickly something changes
56volital
changes from week to week
57elastic
determines shape of curve, if the price is too much people won't buy because they don't need it
58inelastic
when you buy something regardless of price because you need it
59price elasticity formula
percent change of quantity over percent change of price
60elastic formula
percent change of quantity is greater than the percent change of price
61neutral formula
percent change of quantity equals the percent change of price
62inelastic formula
percent change of quantity is less than the percent change of price
63Marginal utility
usefullness of buying another of the same item
64utility
usefullness of an item to you
65diminishing marginal utility
the more you have the less you want and the less valuable it is
66Microeconomics
Financial and labor markets, economics of a single market, one market studied
67macroeconomics
Looking at economics at a large nationwide scale, all the markets of our country, all markets in an economy studied
68fiscal policy
government regulated money movement through taxes and spending to moniter economy, lowers productivity of peaks, lower the busts and booms, the manner by which the government spends money and gains money (taxes) by looking at the current economy (spending money during a depression), taxing during a boom to use during a depression
69monitary policy
controlling the economy through creation and reduction of money, results in inflation thus causing more depression
70bonds
buy from government and they'll pay you back, loan to government, not risky
71framework
aggregate (everything together) supply/demand
72goals of macroeconomics through fiscal and monetary policy
economic growth, low unemployment, low inflation
73inflation
when money loses value
74Gross Domestic Product
Total number of things (goods and services) made in a year (an estimate)
75Net
some things are taken away
76Gross
nothing taken away
77Demand side
Consumption, investment, government exports, imports (negative against GDP) (cows in exile implode)
78Supply Side
Two types of products (goods), drable (reused) and non durable (not reused), services, structures (buildings), change in inventory (preslie sells street instagram)
79Why do we need GDP
to see when depressions are coming and to make decisions based on that (chronological comparisons)
80Buisness cycle
Boom (peak), recession, depression (bust), recovery
81Real vs Nominal pricing (dollars)
adjusting for inflation vs unadjusted numbers
82Boom/peak
low unemployment and high, rising inflation
83Bust
high unemployment and low inflation
84What does GDP not include, and what should this warn us for when comparing GDPs?
debts, so even if one country has a higher GDP, it might not be richer because of debts. also does not include population and therefore GDP per person
85Productivity
how much product comes out of each worker's work
86What does the government use in attempt to fix the market?
Fiscal and monetary policy
87Keynesian economics
Government intervention during depressions (attempts to flatten the curve), uses monetary and fiscal policy, stimulus checks, and making money out of nothing
88Neoclassical economics
Do nothing during depressions and let it work itself out
89stimulus checks
taking from tax payers and giving to people to spend (just moves money around, no gain)
90What did FDR use to fix the great depression?
fiscal policy
91Panic
name for depressions before "depression"
92Prime lending rate
small number of customers and government lending to banks, the rate the FED (government) charges to banks when they give them money, 2% to encourage them to borrow lots
93FED
Federal reserve board, monitors financial system risks and engages at home and abroad to help ensure the system supports a healthy economy for U.S. households, communities, and businesses.
94Government giving bonds is a __
loan, they loan money and people pay back a little more
95Percentage of the value of your property
property tax
96Estate tax
everything you own taxed when you die, everything is taxed again
97capital gain tax
tax on your gain in stocks
98tax deductions
things that don't get taxed out of your income
99tax credits
credit for paying taxes although you didn't (ex. single poor mother)
100tax exemptions
amount of money subtracted from income because you are married, have kids, etc.
101taxable income
tax percent bigger the bigger your income is
102AGI
adjusted gross income, not deductions or exemptions, everything else you make
103tax refund
the extra money you give for taxes gets returned
104audit
look at some tax returns and ask for proof