How does society allocate its scarce resources and how economists are both scientists and policymakers?

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The purpose of this is assignment is for students to review the basic principles of economics and the concepts of the circular flow model, showing the connectivity of society's economic players and the flow of goods and money within an economy. Students will learn how society allocates its scarce resources and how economists are both scientists and policymakers. Students will define GDP and CPI and how they are calculated.

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Resources: National Bureau of Economic Research; Principles of Macroeconomics: Ch. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7

Scenario: Your organization's CEO is concerned that members of the strategic planning committee are not familiar with current economic thought and principles. The CEO has assigned you the task of developing a report to introduce some of these thoughts and principles.

Develop a 1,050-word report to the members of the strategic planning committee explaining the following information:

  • How economists are both scientists and policymakers and what principles society uses to allocate its scarce resources.
  • Using the circular flow model, explain the flow of money and goods in an economy.
  • How the economy coordinates society's independent economic actors.
  • A country's gross domestic product (GDP) and how it is defined and calculated.
  • How the consumer price index (CPI) is constructed and why it is an imperfect measurement of the cost of living.

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Running Head: PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS

Principles of Economics
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Principles of Economics

Introduction
Economics can be described as the study of how the society allocates limited resources
with the aim of fulfilling unlimited needs and wants. Various economic concepts are utilized in
the application of the best strategies of allocating limited resources to the society. This report
will discuss the different concepts regarding the coordination of society's independent economic
actors, and the consumer price index (CPI). It will also examine the way money flows in the
economy and the various factors necessary for the calculation of the gross domestic product.
Economists as Scientists and Policymakers
Concepts in economics require the application of scientific methods. Economists have to
apply these scientific methods when collecting relevant data for the analysis of the flow of cash
or the allocation of resources in the society. Apart from having to apply scientific methods,
economists have to develop models and hypotheses that can be tested using data. Positive
economics, for instance, involves economists describing and predicting human behavior in
relation to the scarcity of resources. To illustrate, an economist can decide to research the effects
of increasing gas tax ha son the people and the economy. This aspect of the research will require
their expertise as scientists.
On the other hand, economists are policymakers since they help in recommending the
changes that should be made to optimize the resources available. Economists also help in
identifying the losers and the gainers of public policy changes which is a show of their strengths
and thus capability of being the policymakers. The Federal Reserve, for example, is controlled
by the economists and the prediction and suggestions made. This part of the government is an

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important aspect that requires the expertise of economists as policymakers. Economists can
operate on both dimensions, since their responsibilities may require them to oscillate between
being scientists and also being policymakers.
Circular Flow Model
The circular flow model shows the flow of goods and services between the firms and the
household, primary economic actors in society. The interaction of the households and the firms
are shown in the diagram below. From the diagram, it is clear that one person’s entity income is
another’s expenditure meaning that income equals production. The household buys good and
services form the firms and in return sell the factors of production such as land, and labor (
Cameron & Hall, 2004). Firms, also, sell their goods and services and utilize the factors of
production from the households at a price.
Coordination of society's independent economic actors
Firms, households, and the gov...


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