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What are two important things that the circular flow of income model does not show or explain well? Why might this be a problem when using it to understand the real economy?

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What do households provide to firms?

Factors of Production (land, labour and capital)

What happens if firms don’t pay income to households?

Households have no money to spend

What are two services the government provides to households?

Education and healthcare

What are the two main sectors in a basic circular flow model?

Households and firms (businesses)

What happens if households stop spending money?

Firms lose revenue and the economy slows

What do firms produce?

Goods and services

What do households spend their income on?

Goods and services

In the circular flow model, households (HH) are considered the owners of the factors of production. But firms use capital (like machines and buildings). Why are households still seen as the owners of capital?

Because firms always rent machines from HH

HH provide the $ to fund capital via investments & savings

Because HH buy all the products made with machines

Because firms give their machines to HH after use

What is the payment for labour called?

Wages

Where does the government get money to pay for services?

From taxes

What flows from households to firms when they purchase goods?

Money (consumer spending)

What do firms give households in exchange for resources?

Income (wages, rent, interest, profit)

In a market economy, how do businesses know what to produce?

They respond to what consumers buy.

In a market economy, who decides what gets produced?

Consumers and producers.

Why is it called a “circular” flow?

Because money and resources move in a continuous loop