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Library AP Microeconomics Unit 1: Basic Economic Concepts
⁂   AP Microeconomics · Unit 1

1. Basic Economic Concepts

12–15% of the AP exam. Key topics: Scarcity, choice, and resource allocation, Opportunity cost and trade-offs, Production possibilities curve (PPC): efficiency, opportunity cost, growth, Absolute advantage vs. comparative advantage, Gains from specialization and trade, Marginal analysis and the cost-benefit principle, Economic systems and property rights.

8 instructional periods 12–15% exam weight standard track

Unit 1: Basic Economic Concepts

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Topics in this unit

  • Scarcity, choice, and resource allocation
  • Opportunity cost and trade-offs
  • Production possibilities curve (PPC): efficiency, opportunity cost, growth
  • Absolute advantage vs. comparative advantage
  • Gains from specialization and trade
  • Marginal analysis and the cost-benefit principle
  • Economic systems and property rights