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Welcome to Economics

Published on Nov 22, 2015

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Welcome to Economics

2015-16
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Who is here?

Anyone new?
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Textbook

Do you have it? How should you use it?

SL or HL?

What's the difference?

Blackboard

Check it daily!

Expectations

Be Respectful & Do your Best
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Bring:

  • Binder with sections
  • Lined & graph paper
  • Different colors for graphing
  • Pen, pencil, ruler
  • computer & charger
  • ...and keep your economics folder in Drive organized!!! (learning skills)

Economics?

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Scarcity:
The economic problem of having seemingly unlimited wants in a world of limited resources.

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Opportunity cost:
The cost of an alternative that must be forgone in order to pursue a course of action

You've been dropped on an Arctic island.

Will you survive?
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