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CHAPTER 1
Introduction to
Applied Economics
LESSON 1.1
Introduction to Economics
Chapter Learning Objectives
• To differentiate between economics as a social
science and as an applied science
• To apply the concept of opportunity cost when
evaluating options and making economic decisions
• To make decisions based on how man can satisfy
most of his wants given limited resources
• To differentiate between macroeconomics and
microeconomics
Chapter Learning Objectives
• To describe and state the importance of economic
resources
• To differentiate between positive and normative
economics
• To differentiate between gross national product and
gross domestic product
• To distinguish the different approaches used in
solving for the gross national product
Chapter Learning Objectives
• To identify the basic problems of the Philippine
economy
• To analyze basic economic problems and
propose solutions to the problems using the
principles of applied economics
• To describe the various economic systems
Terms to Remember in
Chapter 1
• Economics • Traditional economy
• Scarcity
• Social science • Command economy
• Macroeconomics • Market economy
• Microeconomics
• Opportunity cost • Positive economics
• Economic resources
• Normative economics
• Land
• Labor • Gross National Product (GNP)
• Capital
• Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
• Economic system
• Applied economics
• Unemployment
• Poverty
• Poverty line
Scarcity and the Study of Economics
How does ECONOMICS
relate to SCARCITY?
What is MACROECONOMICS?
What is MICROECONOMICS?
1. Traditional Economy
Decisions are based on traditions and practices upheld over the years and
passed on from generation to generation. Methods are stagnant and therefore not
progressive. Traditional societies exist in primitive and backward civilizations.
2. Command Economy
This is the authoritative system wherein decision-making is centralized in the
government or a planning committee. Decisions are imposed on the people who
do not have a say in what goods are to be produced. This economy holds true in
dictatorial, socialist, and communist nations.
3. Market Economy
This is the most democratic form of economic system. Based on the workings of
demand and supply, decisions are made on what goods and services to produce.
People’s preferences are reflected in the prices they are willing to pay in the
market and are therefore the basis of the producers’ decisions on what goods to
produce.
Why Economics Is Important
Economics will help the
students understand…
• Normative Economics
refers to what should be—that which embodies the ideal
such as the ideal rate of population growth or the most
effective tax system
focuses on policy formulation that will help to attain the ideal
situation
Measuring the Economy:
Counting All through GNP
What is Gross National
Product or GNP?
GNP = C + I + G + (X – M)
C, household and individual consumption
I, investment
G, government expenditure
X, export
M, import
Measuring the Economy:
GNP/GDP: Expenditure Approach
A better indicator of domestic
employment opportunities is Gross
Domestic Product or GDP.
Value-Added Flow
Measuring the Economy:
GNP/GDP: Income Approach
National Product
(by Factor Contribution)
In Million pesos
Source:
National Statistical Coordination Board