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?三大基本經(jīng)濟(jì)問題 : ?What is to be produced? ?How is to be produced? ?Who does get the output? The Meaning of Economics ? In a general sense, economics is the study of decisionmaking and choice necessitate by unlimited wants and scarce resources. ? Economics is a search for ways to expand our limited capability to fulfil our wants. ? Wykstra: Introductory Economics ? “Economics is the study of how society manages its scarce resources.” ? Mankiw: ? Principles of Economics 經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)的研究對象 ? “經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)研究的是一個社會如何利用稀缺的資源以生產(chǎn)有價值的物品和勞務(wù),并將它們在不同的人中間進(jìn)行分配。 ” ? [美 ]保羅 ?薩繆爾森、威廉 這一點,可以說是經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)偉大而獨特的貢獻(xiàn)。 諾德豪斯: ? 《 經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué) 》 [第 17版 ] 三、機(jī)會成本與生產(chǎn)可能性邊界 Opportunity Cost “Opportunity cost measures the value of the most valuable of the options that we have to fo in choosing from a set of alternative options.” ? R. J. Betts: ? Business Economics for Engineers ? “Whatever must be given up to obtain some item.” ? Mankiw: ? Principles of Economics the Production Possibility Frontier ? “a graph that shows the binations of output that the economy can possibly produce given the available factors of production and the available production technology.” ? Mankiw: ? Principles of Economics 0 15 12 9 6 3 3 4 5 1 2 A B C D E F ? ? ? ? ? ? 生產(chǎn)可能性邊界 [Production Possibility Frontier] ?G ?H 黃油[萬噸] 大炮 [萬門 ] 可能性 大炮 [ 萬門 ] 黃油 [ 萬噸 ] A 0 15 B 1 14 C 2 12 D 3 9 E 4 5 F 5 0 0 15 12 9 6 3 3 4 5 1 2 A B C D E F ? ? ? ? ? ? 生產(chǎn)可能性邊界的機(jī)會成本解釋 1 2 3 4 5 大炮 [萬門 ] 黃