Microeconomics
Logistics and Review
Topics in this class cover 22 questions on the Midterm and 11 questions on the Final.
Logistics
Students absent last week need a syllabus and addendum
Last Week Review
• What is economics?
• Demand, Supply, Law of Demand, Quantity Demanded
• Supply, Law of Supply, Quantity Supplied
• Shifts versus Movement of Curves
• Equilibrium
• Shortage
• Surplus
Chapter 4 : Extensions of Demand and Supply Analysis
Markets and Price System
• Price System
• Prices
• Market
• Transaction Costs
• Middlemen
• Adjustment Speed
Rationing
• Rationing
• Rationing Function of Prices
• Methods of Non-Price Rationing:
Government-Imposed Price Controls
• Price Controls
1 Price Ceilings
2 Price Floors
• Black Markets
Concept Check A2A
Page 95, problems 3 and 7
Break
Chapter 5 : The Public Sector and Public Choice
Market Failures and Externalities
• Market Failure
• Externalities
• Negative Externalities
• Positive Externalities
How the Government Corrects Negative Externalities
• Special Taxes
• Regulation
Other Economic Functions of Government
• Provide a Legal System
• Promote Competition
• Provide Public Goods
• Private Good
• Public Good
• Free Rider Problem
• Ensuring Economic Stability
Paying for the Public Sector
• Taxes
• Average Tax Rate
• Marginal Tax Rate
• Tax Bracket
Taxation Systems
4 Proportional
5 Progressive
6 Regressive
Related Concepts
• Necessity Income
• Discretionary Income
Concept Check A2B
|Tax Bracket |Tax Rate |
|Lower |Upper |Marginal |
| $ - | $ 7,150 |15% |
| $ 7,151 | $ 29,050 |25% |
| $ 29,051 | $ 70,350 |34% |
Form different teams of two. Take time to introduce yourselves.
Using the tax tables provided, figure out what a single person’s average and marginal tax rate is if they make $30,000 per year. Show your work.
Label the assignment A2B
Chapter 6 : Taxes, Transfers, and Public Spending
Economic Issues of Public Education
• Subsidies
• Incentives
Social Security
Homework Assignments
Remember to use the blog:
Writing
W3: Imagine that you are a representative in the US Congress. In about a page, outline and describe the pros and cons of implementing a proportional (flat) consumption tax to replace the current progressive income tax. Label the assignment.
Reading and At-Home Quizzes
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