What have we learnt about Economics this term?
Which topic did you find easiest?
- The Basic Economic Problem
- Classifying and Sorting Factors of Production
- Rewards and Mobility for Factors of Production
Which topic did you find the most challenging?
- The Basic Economic Problem
- Classifying and Sorting Factors of Production
- Rewards and Mobility for Factors of Production
What are wants? What are needs?
Write down 3 scarce resources
What are the factors of production?
Which factor or production are tools and machines?
- Land
- Labour
- Capital
- Entrepreurship
Which factor of production are water and forests?
- Land
- Labour
- Capital
- Entrepreurship
Think of one enterprise. What are their factors of production for land, labour, capital and entrepreurship?
What does 'mobility' of factors of production mean?
Which factor of production do you think is the most mobile? Why?
How can each factor of production be made more mobile?
Power Station Computer Shop Electrician Water Office furniture Lorry (truck) Field for growing rice Manager of a factory
Rank the following from most to least mobile
How can the quantity of labour increase?
- Increased population
- Higher wages
- immigration
How can the quality of labour increase?
- Training
- Work harder
- Higher salary
How can the quantity of land increase?
- Buy another property
- Find more natural resources
- Cut down forests
How can the quality of land increase?
- Invest in a place near the beach
- Develop it into a city with high buildings
- Use fertilizers to help plants grow
How can we improve quality of capital?
How can we improve quantity of capital?
How can we improve the quality of entrepreneurs?
- Let them meet with Elon Musk and Jack Ma
- Offers courses on entrepreneurship
- Invest in better computers