Saturday, July 28, 2007

MANKIW : TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS

HOW PEOPLE MAKE DECISIONS
#1: People Face Tradeoffs
#2: The Cost of Something Is What You Give Up to Get It
#3: Rational People Think at the Margin
#4: People Respond to Incentives

HOW PEOPLE INTERACT

#5: Trade Can Make Everyone Better Off
#6: Markets Are Usually a Good Way to Organize Economic Activity
#7: Governments Can Sometimes Improve Market Outcomes

HOW THE ECONOMY AS AWHOLEWORKS

#8: A Country’s Standard of Living Depends on Its Ability to Produce Goods and Services
#9: Prices Rise When the Government Prints Too Much Money
#10: Society Faces a Short-Run Tradeoff between Inflation and Unemployment

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