Economics

the 6 key concepts

scarcity

making choices

interdependence

specialisation and trade

allocation and markets

economic performances and living standards

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Scarcity is when something is scarce which means its running out and that it isn't going to be there in a few years. scarcity is separated into factors land, labour, capital and entrepreneurship

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Interdependence is when one thing would rely on another thing to work. e.g the flow diagram businesses rely in consumers to buy and the consumers rely on the businesses to pay the to work so they can buy products

Making choices is when you make a choice if you buy what you want or need. e.g If you have $500 dollars for 2 weeks do you buy enough food to last you a week which you need or do but a play station 4 that is a want not a need

you buy enough food to last you a week or do

the economic performance is the performance of how you live like if you live in a bad area you have a low economical performance. Key indicators of economic performances include: Gross Domestic Product (GDP), inflation and unemployment rate

Specialization and trade is when one country specializes in making a particular thing like in England they specialize in Dues brand of cricket ball so they would trade or sell it to different countries

Allocation and markets is the way we distribute our goods and services

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Business opportunities and influences

location

target market

demographics

competition

location is where the company is going to be placed sometime the company place their competitors

competition is who the businesses are competing against for the same product

demographics is the info about their buyers

target market is who they are targeting for that product

different types of markets

housing

labour

housing is where houses are bought and sold

labour is where worker sell their skills and knowledge and effort to employers

stock

stock market is where businesses are bought and sold

foreign exchange

foreign exchange is the largest market in the world it is where difference currencies around the world are bought and sold

Allocation of resources

what to produce

how to produce

who to produce for

is who your are going to mainly aim the item towards

when you are producing you have to produce something that will make you profit

you will have to keep prices low which means they will have to be careful of what you produce and how