Understanding Economic Activities and Financial Capital in Commercial Production
Learn about the four essential economic activities, the role of financial capital, resource maintenance, stock flows, distribution of income, and the three spheres of economic activity.
Understanding Economic Activities and Financial Capital in Commercial Production
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Chapter Three: What Economies Do
Figure 3.1: The Role of Financial Capital in Commercial Production commercial production financial capital financial capital
Resource Maintenance: Attending to the Asset Base of the Macroeconomy
Stock Flows Stock Additions Initial Next Stock Stock Subtractions Time Figure 3.2: The General Stock-Flow Diagram Initial Next Stock Stock
Additions or Inflows Stock Subtractions or Outflows Figure 3.3: A “Bathtub”-Style Diagram
100 CumulativePercentof Income 80 60 A 40 B 20 0 20 40 60 80 100 Percent of Households Figure 3.6: The Gini Ratio,
Figure 3.7: Income Shares of the Richest and Poorest Households, 1968-2010 Top 5% of households Share of Income (%) Bottom 20% of households
Physical Context Social Context Economic Activity Core Business Sphere Sphere Public Purpose Sphere Figure 3.8: Social and Environmental Contexts of Economic Activity Natural Inputs(flows of naturalresources and environmental services) Outputs(pollution and wastes)