Economics – 4/29/15

I.  Bellwork Q&A

 Chapter 7 - China Smog

  1. What is happening in the picture? (Not a fire.)
  2. Who is impacted?
  3. How are they impacted?
  4. Why do you believe this is being allowed?

II.  Objective:

  • Identify common circumstances related to market failures and the impact externalities have on society.
  • Evaluate various explanations for actions or events and determine which explanation best accords with textual evidence
  • Determine central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to provide a complex analysis;

III.  Retakes Tuesday @ 2:30 in G204 (Retakes bring 3 paragraphs for section summaries)

IV.  Video & Discussion

V.  Notebook Work/Discussion:

A.  Tree Map: Causes of Market Failures-Pgs 180-181

  • Distinguish between a positive and negative externality
  • Identify methods the government uses todiscourage negative externalities and encourage positive externalities

VI.  Classwork

Provide an example of a positive externality  and explain how it impacts the 3rd party positively.

Provide an example of a negative externality  and explain how it impacts the 3rd party negatively.

  • Page 179 Vocabulary (7)
  • P 183 2-6 Q&A


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