Chapter 1 1. (Rational Self-Interest) Discuss the impact of rational self-interest on each of the following decisions: a. Whether to attend college full time or enter the workforce full time i. Individuals will consider the benefits of attending college full time and the expected cost of doing so. A benefit of attending college full time would be that it has the potential to increase their wage or salary because of increased knowledgebase, network and skills. The expected cost to consider includes tuition, fees, books and wages that could have been earned by working instead if attending school full time. If the expected benefits of attending college full time outweigh the cost, then the rational person would choose to …show more content…
(Production Possibilities) Under what conditions would an economy be operating inside its PPF? On it’s PPF? Outside it’s PPF? m. An economy is operating inside its PPF if resources are idle or if resources are allocated inefficiently. n. An economy is considered operating on its PPF is all of its resources are employed efficiently. o. The economy can’t operate outside its PPF because that would represent combinations that are unattainable, given the technology and resources available.
7. (Specialization and Exchange) Explain how the specialization of labor can lead to increased productivity. p. The specialization if labor focuses work effort on a single task or particular product. Productivity is increased by taking advantage of individual’s preferences and natural abilities. Workers have the opportunity to gain experience at particular tasks and reduce the need to shift between different tasks. It also has the potential to introduce laborsaving machinery.
8. What are your future plans? Do you think learning economics will play an important role in achieving your goals in the near future? Briefly discuss. q. After obtaining my bachelors and masters in social work, I plan on becoming a LCSW and working as a school social worker. As a social worker, it is important to know how the economy, particularly economic injustice, affects our clients. Possible affects include
2. What were the weaknesses of each of the following methods of stabilizing the industry?
The structural manifestation of the economy manifested itself in two ways. First, each sector’s contribution to the total income of the nation changed in the course of economic growth. As this happened, the nature of the work that laborers performed was also transformed (Olson 288). The value of agriculture as the principal employer started to diminish. As a result, attention of laborers shifted to the manufacturing sector.
Answer the next question on the basis of the following production possibilities tables for countries Alpha and Beta:
Due to the large number of unskilled workers, manufacturing gave its workers boring, labor intensive jobs that focused on one aspect of a much larger system (Document C). Wells compared manufacturing to a military organization, which included workers who performed one task repeatedly, producing a part of the end
Mass production became a new phenomenon that led to a drastic change in America's economy. This lead to specialization of labor causing a decrease in skill among the workers who would consistently produce one aspect of a product until “there is no more of that kind of work to do” and are then helpless (Doc C). This approach to manufacturing caused unstable jobs due to the fact that they were easily replaceable being that their jobs required minimal skill or knowledge. As mass production boomed, it led to a decrease
g) evidence is available from internal reporting that indicates that the economic performance of an
a. We were already lagging behind the market to begin with. Unless we give an increase in the basic
Specialization and division of labour has changed the production process into what it is today.
P1 – Explain the effects of changes in the economic environment on a selected business.
illustrate the plight of labour under a system of increasing specialization. That is to say, it
Q8: Write a report that outlines the information you have gathered and any recommendations you would make as a result.
Once the factory became common, technological advances were soon made to improve them, the most important of which was the division of labor.
This division of labor was less time consuming and the worker could make more and a less amount of time. The invention of these machines reduced the amount of time that the workers had to spend on making the items themselves. This in turn lessened the work for because soon there would be no need for the workers due to the machines. But, at the same time, they also fell in to the hands of big capitalists, and their workers were deprived of whatever independence remained to them (Marxists 3).
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