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Scarcity
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Desired but not enough to meet demand
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Opportunity cost
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best alternative sacrificed for a chosen alternative
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Macro-economics
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societal level
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Micro-economics
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individual level
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Markets
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buyers and sellers exchange goods and services
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Amoral
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lacking ethical principles
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Strong Assumptions
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unrealistic, simple models
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Weak Assumptions
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realistic, complex models
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Role of assumptions
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simplify complex world
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Ceteris Paribus
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all other things held constant
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Assumptions
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a systematic abstraction from reality
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Rational
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logical
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Utility
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satisfaction from consumption
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Consume
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to derive utility
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Goods
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tangible things that can be stored
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Services
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intangible things that cannot be stored
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Marginal Utility
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satisfaction from one unit
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Total Utility
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total satisfaction from consuming good or service
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Diminishing Marginal Utility
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as time passes then productivity will decrease
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Decision Rule Model
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how we make choices
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Satiate
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to satisfy
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Bliss Point
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total satisfaction achieved with no scarcity
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Relaxing Assumptions
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assumptions become weaker for complexity and reality
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Constrained Optimization Problem
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maximize utility while facing scarcity
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Constrained Optimization equation
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MU1=MU2=..MUn or MU1/time=MU2/time=MUn/time
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Endowment
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all natural resources from goods and services are produced
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Finite
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limited
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Marginal Product
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an additional output that comes from an additional unit of input
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Marginal Product Equation
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MP1=MP2=MP3=MPn=0
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Value of the Marginal Product
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utility for last marginal unit of input towards a given product
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Intertemporal Choices
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choices across time
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Discount Rates
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your waiting rate
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Present Value
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future utility from a choice is worth to one now
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Risk
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negative outcome that can not control but can assign a probability to
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Uncertainty
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negative outcome that can not have a probability
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Expected Present Value
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present value of an option adjusted for ones perception of the risk associated with that choice
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Rare
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infrequent, demand does not matter
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Errors in Economic Theory
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Lack of care, bias
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Factors of production
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basic inputs we use to produce
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Natural Resources
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Raw materials from nature
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Labor
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human work
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Capital
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produced means of prouduction
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Physical capital
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tools and machines
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Human capital
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knowledge and skills to increase productivity
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Marginal Productivity
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additional output that comes from an additional unit of input
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Value from the Marginal Product equation
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V = MP + MU
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Marginal Product Value Equation
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V1=V2=V3=Vn