Lecture 5
The Economic History of the United States
Quiz 2
Chapters 3, 4, & 5
Where
is the
iPhone
made?
ARM Holdings
Wolfson
Marvel
Skyworks
CSR
Linear Technologies
NXP
National Semiconductor
Sharp
Samsung
Toshiba
Infineon
Broadcom
Numonyx
Micron
Dialog Semiconductor
Texas Instruments
STMicroelectronics
Silicon Storage
RF Microdevices
Cirrus Logic
U.S.
U.K.
Germany
Korea
Japan
Taiwan
China
Made on Earth
Only possible
because billions
of people have
learned to
cooperate with
each other
To serve one
another
The most creative-
destructive device
ever invented
99% Reduction in Energy
449 watts to 5 watts
What does it cost to ship an iPhone from China to the U.S.?
54¢
450,000 iPhones cost about $242,000 to charter
Fuel accounting for more than half the expense. 44,700 gallons
Quiz
What is wealth?
What is capital?
In a trade there is always one_____ and two______
What is an invention?
What is an innovation?
How does an economy grow?
Anything we value
Anything we can use to create value
price values
An idea made real
A profitable invention
Continuously innovating our capitals
U.S. Farmers
1900 - 45 percent
Gasoline engines
replaced horses
U.S. Farmers
2012 - 2 percent
What happened to those 88 people?
Culture
Human Beings
Ideas
Physical Human IntellectualFinancial
Inventions
Entrepreneurs Free Markets
Innovations
The Capitals of Innovation
What is wealth?
Any thing we value
What is Economics?
The study of how
human beings create
value for one another
What is Capital?
Any thing we can use
to create value
Culture
Human Beings
The Capitals of Innovation
Cultural Capital?
How people treat
each other
Cultural Capital is
determined by the
worldview of leaders
Worldview
Political
Legal
Economic
Property Rights
Rule of Law
Culture
Human Beings
Ideas
The Capitals of Innovation
Idea
A thought about how to
potentially create new
value
Culture
Human Beings
Ideas
The Capitals of Innovation
Physical
atoms and energy
natural resources
time
buildings
equipment
things than make things
Physical Capital
Culture
Human Beings
Ideas
The Capitals of Innovation
Physical Human
trust
health
skills
knowledge
personality
relationships
Human Capital
Integrity
Competence
Trust
I look for three things in
hiring people.
The first is personal
integrity, the second is
intelligence, and the third
is a high energy level.
But if you don’t have the
first, the other two will
kill you
Culture
Human Beings
Ideas
The Capitals of Innovation
Physical Human Intellectual
knowledge
technology
methods
patents
Intellectual Capital
over
10,000,000
today
Culture
Human Beings
Ideas
The Capitals of Innovation
Physical Human IntellectualFinancial
Money put at risk
over time
Financial Capital
money put at risk over time
money is time
savers and borrowers
(1+r)
n
insurance
limited liability corporations
double entry accounting
Financial Capital
Culture
Human Beings
Ideas
The Capitals of Innovation
Physical Human IntellectualFinancial
Inventions
Proof of an Idea
Thought to reality
Invention
Culture
Human Beings
Ideas
The Capitals of Innovation
Physical Human IntellectualFinancial
Inventions
Entrepreneurs
Risk Takers
Value
Inventions to Innovations
Freedom to Discover
Learning
Failure
Entrepreneurs
Inventor Entrepreneur
Thomas Edison
Inventor and
Entrepreneur
Very Rare
Culture
Human Beings
Ideas
The Capitals of Innovation
Physical Human IntellectualFinancial
Inventions
Entrepreneurs Free Markets
Where buyers and
sellers discover value
Free Markets
Solve each other's
problems with a price
system
Free Markets
Information system
that creates
incentives
Price System