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

1. Basic Economic Concepts

5–10% of the AP exam. Key topics: Scarcity, opportunity cost, and trade-offs, Production Possibilities Curve (PPC): efficiency, economic growth, shifts, Comparative advantage and gains from specialization and trade, Demand and supply fundamentals; market equilibrium, Resource markets vs. goods and services markets.

9 instructional periods 5–10% exam weight standard track

Unit 1: Basic Economic Concepts

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Topics in this unit

  • Scarcity, opportunity cost, and trade-offs
  • Production Possibilities Curve (PPC): efficiency, economic growth, shifts
  • Comparative advantage and gains from specialization and trade
  • Demand and supply fundamentals; market equilibrium
  • Resource markets vs. goods and services markets