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Econ Sept. 17

Published on Nov 20, 2015

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Productive resources and economic systems

Mr. Melkonian
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Worry less

I'll gladly explain stuff again!
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make it rain

who is going to make the most money??

we're selling widgets

an imaginary product

Each widget produced will cost the company $2 in raw material, labor, and equipment.

You can sell based on the forumla P= $100 - Q. for each round of production, the market price will be 100 minus the total produced by all companies

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If you guys make too much, you're in trouble.

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You don't get to talk to others

only your group!
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At the end of round 3

one person from each team can talk to another competing company
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  • Each widget costs $2
  • P = 100 - Q
  • After round three talk business
  • Let's see who wins!

What did we learn from our game yesterday?

Some traits of potential business upstarts?
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productive resources

anything used to create or manufacture valuable goods or services

Also called factors of production. At first we thought it was just land, labor, and capital. We now consider other things too.

Land

fertile soil, natural resources, below earth (oil), water - raw materials

Labor

physical or mental effort
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Entrepreneurship

organize economic activity, assume risk, achieve results.
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These are the owners, managers, or innovators in the process of making a new company/business idea.

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Microsoft bought this company...

for 2.5 billion

Capital

goods that aid in production of other goods - factories, machines
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Capital is also money

so we should be more precise 

Real Capital

facilities, machinery, equipment

money capital

funds to acquire real capital
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Tangible Resources

has physical properties, can be touched

Intangible resources

tough to quantify - ENTREPRENEURIAL spirit, knowledge

Also have to consider an economy's environment for enterprise. Is the country a good place for business? Would it make sense to operate in this part of the world? Politics matter.

Tangible and Intangible resources

work together to form real source of wealth/prosperity