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