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Cocktail Party Economics Chapter Summary

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In Cocktail Party Economics, scarcity, value, exchange, production, and comparative advantage are useful in understanding the demand and supply model and the concept of equilibrium. The first concept we can look at is scarcity. “Scarcity creates costly choices” (18). We must decide to go without an item or pay a higher price due to its scarcity. The price can continue changing until equilibrium is reached where the quantity demanded equals the quantity supplied. Lets look at strawberries, for example, which are only in season for the months of June and July. For the rest of the year, the supply of strawberries is limited, making them scarce. When everyone suddenly gets a craving for strawberries in December, when they are scarce, the demand …show more content…

When a good has value, it can be exchanged for another good that has similar or equivalent value which is determined by the market economy. Money exists so this trading can happen. Adomait and Maranta use the example of on Halloween if you don’t like chocolates, you can trade with your friend for a bag of chips. Both of you must exchange your chips and chocolates at a price that you can mutually agree on (31). The quantity of chips you want must equal the amount of chips your friend wants to sell in order to obtain …show more content…

By specializing we are able to produce more than someone who doesn’t. If every country specialized in what they had comparative advantage in, prices of goods would be a lot lower. An example of this is how Florida has an excellent environment to produce oranges cheaply and then transport them to Canada to be sold at a reasonable price. If Canada decided to stop the flow of oranges from Florida and grow them here, production costs would be very expensive. This would result in a price increase of oranges so consumers would end up purchasing less (59). When there is an increase in demand and supply, prices are lower which is beneficial to consumers. Comparative advantage affects trading because at equilibrium, no group can be better off without making the other group worse off. Overall, Cocktail Party Economics is a great book that makes the key concepts in the first five chapters easy to relate to supply, demand, and equilibrium in chapters six, seven, and

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For example, if I was able to make 50 units of cloths in one day and whomever I am trading with is only able to make 20 units of cloths, I would have a comparative advantage in cloths. Now if I also had a comparative advantage in making food, this would mean I would have an absolute advantage over everything.

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These economic concepts were scarcity and choice and self -interest. The first economic concept of scarcity and choice is seen when the authors discuss money as a limited resource. The limited resources which in this case is money by incomes that cause people to decline health insurance coverage. According to Sered and Fernandopulle, it is an individual’s choice not to get any health insurance because they cannot afford it. Sometimes it comes down to choosing to pay their bills or have proper health coverage.

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Adam Smith, an advocate of capitalism, in his book, The Wealth of Nations wrote that all individuals are selfish and by performing to the best of their capabilities towards their own selfish interests they contribute towards the nation’s collective growth. Karl Marx, on the other hand criticized capitalism and believed that socialism and communism are society’s best chance of maximizing individual happiness, about which he wrote in his book Das Kapital. In this paper, we will compare and contrast the economics theories of Adam Smith and Karl Marx on the lines of labor theory of value, division of labor, alienation of workers from labor and human happiness and surplus profit and its social implications. This paper will also discuss how… Adam Smith believes that there are two types of ‘values’ of a commodity – ‘utility value’ and ‘exchange value’. The utility value of a commodity is based on how useful a commodity is and the exchange value of a commodity refers to how much we can get in exchange for a commodity if we were to sell it.

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another commodity in return. The verb is related to Louis Riel, the leader of the Métis people, and fur trading was one of their primary ways of supporting themselves. Coincidently, Louis Riel is thought to be the inspiration for Riel’s name, as if words have become the modern commodity of trading. By exchanging words, Riel and Versajna are engaging in dialogue. In this instance, the two individuals involved in the transaction solely benefit from the conversation.

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Before I read Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, I associated a love for money as greediness and materialism. “The words ‘to make money’ hold the essence of human morality.” This statement has changed my view of money and it’s impact on society. In Rand’s book, a character by the name of Francisco d’Anconia gives a speech on the virtue of wealth after being called out for being a depraved product of money. He is scorned for his profits through the downfall of his competitors, but then ultimately talks about the problems his own company faces.

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Are you good at math, science, engineering, or technology? If you said yes, chances are you have mastered L-directed thinking; the more analytical skills your brain posses. However, what happens to our R-directed thinking skills? Creativity, empathy, and laughter, are all skills dominated by the right side of our brain. We live in a society dominated by L-directed thinking, but as our world changes, so does the way we think.

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Therefore customer preference, is also a key point of differentiation that helps you to attract new customers in competitive business environments. Lastly, an implication of increase in demand is explained through the economic concept of equilibrium price. The market price of the iPhone 7 was elevated by virtue of the large development of demand. The theory generally states that the equilibrium point, the market price, is set at the point of intersection between the supply and demand line.

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Demand and supply determines what products are produced and sets the prices these products are sold. The idea is that if prices get too high, then demand is low and so the market corrects itself by lowering prices. Companies have individual say concerning what product or service to provide based on their costs. The government’s participation in the economy is entirely neutral, it does not protect industry from domestic or foreign market pressures nor does it have economic interests in industry or offer subsidies to businesses or R&D (Zuckerman,

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Labour itself is value. Labour power, which can be defined as all the energy a worker uses is a commodity and like other commodities the cost is determined by the labour that was necessary to produce it. Marx’s value is not defined in its true textual sense, value for Marx is defined as social necessary labour time. The value of the commodity depends on the quantity of the labour socially necessary for its production thus labour is contained in value. Therefore the exchange value of a commodity varies with in line with the quantity of labour required to produce it.

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