3.问题与应用（能力要求） The U.S.economy is primarily a private-enterprise economy.What are some ofthe goods and services provided by the U.S.govemment?Why might the government provide these goods and services more effectively than a private business?What are some of the drawbacks to the government providing these goods and services? The text argues that the U.S.economy is relatively closed because imports and exports account fora relatively small share of U.S.production and spending.As trade becomes a larger share of U.S.production,how might this affect what is produced in the United States versus abroad?how might this affect the types of iobs american workers are emploved in? (三)思考与实践 What are the costs of economic recessions in both a microeconomics sense,and a macroeconomic sense?How might recessions affect people employed in different types of jobs? (四)教学方法与手段 本章教学主要采用课堂讲授、多媒体教学、案例教学等。 Chapter 3 The Fundamental Economic Problem:Scarcity And Choice (一)目的与要求 the goal here is to know Understanding the central concepts in economics:scarcity,opportunity cost,efficiency, division of labor,and exchange (二)数学内容 1.主要内容 Scarcity.Choice.And Opportunity Cost Scarcity and Choice For a Single Firm Scarcity and Choice For The Entire Society The Concept Of Efficiency The Three Coordination Tasks Of Any Economy (1)Task 1.How the market fostersefficiency resource allocation (2)Task 2.Market exchange and deciding how much ofeach good to produce (3)Task 3.How to distribute the economy's outputs among consumers 2.基本概念和知识点 Resources:Opportunity Cost:Optimal Decision;Outputs:Inputs,Production Possibilities Frontier,Principle of Increasing Costs:Efficiency:Allocation of Scarce Resources,Division of Labor,Comparative Advantage;Market System 4 4 3.问题与应用（能力要求） The U.S. economy is primarily a private-enterprise economy. What are some of the goods and services provided by the U.S. government? Why might the government provide these goods and services more effectively than a private business? What are some of the drawbacks to the government providing these goods and services? The text argues that the U.S. economy is relatively closed because imports and exports account for a relatively small share of U.S. production and spending. As trade becomes a larger share of U.S. production, how might this affect what is produced in the United States versus abroad? How might this affect the types of jobs American workers are employed in? （三）思考与实践 What are the costs of economic recessions in both a microeconomics sense, and a macroeconomic sense? How might recessions affect people employed in different types of jobs? （四）教学方法与手段 本章教学主要采用课堂讲授、多媒体教学、案例教学等。 Chapter 3 The Fundamental Economic Problem: Scarcity And Choice （一）目的与要求 the goal here is to know Understanding the central concepts in economics: scarcity, opportunity cost, efficiency, division of labor, and exchange （二）教学内容 1.主要内容 Scarcity, Choice, And Opportunity Cost Scarcity and Choice For a Single Firm Scarcity and Choice For The Entire Society The Concept Of Efficiency The Three Coordination Tasks Of Any Economy (1)Task 1. How the market fosters efficiency resource allocation (2)Task 2. Market exchange and deciding how much of each good to produce (3)Task 3. How to distribute the economy’s outputs among consumers 2.基本概念和知识点 Resources; Opportunity Cost; Optimal Decision;Outputs; Inputs; Production Possibilities Frontier; Principle of Increasing Costs; Efficiency; Allocation of Scarce Resources; Division of Labor;Comparative Advantage; Market System