© 2001 j. douglass klein 5. explain some of the differences between the northern and southern...

© 2001 J. Douglass Klein

5. Explain some of the differences between the northern and southern American Colonies .

“…our northern settlements, we have found, are full of farmers, fisherman, seamen; -but no planters. This is precisely the case with Britain herself; consequently a rivalry between them must inevitably take place.” (p. 96)

“American corn cannot come to an European market without doing mischief to the corn trade of England” (p. 97)

Under what circumstances will there be the greatest gains from trade?


Gains from Trade

Specialize and trade

If countries specialize in those goods in which they have a comparative advantage, and then trade with countries specializing in other goods, all countries can consume outside their individual production possibilities.

This kind of trade is Pareto Optimal -- EVERYONE GAINS

Can you suggest a way that trade between the two economies could clearly make consumers in both economies better off?

Link to: Gains from Trade worksheet


Gains from Trade

0

2

4

6

8

10

0 2 4 6 8 Corn

Woolens

Britain

A

0

2

4

6

8

10

0 2 4 6 8 Corn

Woolens

North America

C

Can you suggest a way that trade between the two economies could clearly make consumers in both economies better off? Specialize and trade -- Who should specialize in what?

A’

C’

The exchange rate should be between the two MRTs (between 2.5 and .5)


Freedom to Choose

“It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family, never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy.” (424)

“By means of glasses, hotbeds, and hotwalls, very good grapes can be raised in Scotland, and very good wine too can be made of them at about thirty times the expense for which at least equally good can be bought from foreign countries.” (425)


Justifications for Protection???

GENERALLY

1. In the interest of national defense. (429)

2. When the same domestic product is taxed. (431)

SOMETIMES

3. Retaliation for other countries’ tariffs. (434)

4. Where a tariff has long been in force, and people’s livelihood depends on it. (435)Note the importance of factor mobility.


Effects of a TariffEconomics 24Effects of Protection CONNECT TO ECO 24 WEB SITE

Consider the British corn industry, and suppose, initially, that there is free trade in corn. The situation for the British corn market and a typical British corn farmer are shown in figure 1, below. The world price of corn is PW. SB is the British domestic supply curve, and DB is British demand for corn. The typical farmer produces qf1, and earns zero economic profit, and British consumers import an amount of corn equal to QD1 - QS1.

http://www.union.edu/PUBLIC/ECODEPT/kleind/Eco17/17Binder.htm


Smith - final words (for now)Adam Smith also wrote The Theory of Moral Sentiments

Smith’s view on tariffs and getting rid of them:

“The legislature, were it possible that its deliberations could be always directed, not by the clamorous importunity of partial interests, but by an extensive view of the general good, ought ... to be particularly careful neither to establish any new monopolies of this kind, nor to extend further those which are already established. Every such regulation introduces some degree of real disorder into the constitution of the state, which it will be difficult afterwards to cure without occasioning another disorder.” (p. 369)


The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution

To propose that Great Britain should voluntarily give up all authority over her colonies, and leave them to elect their own magistrates, to enact their own laws, and to make peace and war as they might think proper …

If it was adopted … Great Britain would not only be immediately freed from the whole annual expence of [governing] the colonies, but might … secure to her [Britain] a free trade, more advantageous to the great body of the people, though less so to the merchants, than the monopoly which she at present enjoys.

(111)THESE ARE THE WORDS OF ADAM SMITH!


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The Constitution of the United States

Article I

Article II

Article III

Article IV

Article V

Article VI

Article VII

Amendments

1-10

16

19

Legislative - See sections 8 and 10

Executive

Judicial

Relationships among the states

Process of amendment

Assumption of prior debts

Procedure for ratification

Bill of Rights

Income Tax

Women’s Suffrage


Hamilton’s Reports

on Public CreditMakes the case for good public credit for the federal government.

on ManufacturersMakes the case for promoting manufacturing in the US by means of protection (tariffs) and other means.


Federalist Policies of the New Nation

The ConstitutionHamilton’s reports onPublic CreditManufacturing

What is Federalism? What is Anti-federalism?Name some prominent Federalists.Name some prominent Anti-federalists.

Federalist documents we will look at:


Public Credit

1. Define public credit.

2. Why should the public credit of the U.S. be of concern?

3. What embarrassments is Hamilton referring to at the top of page 3?


Money - 1775-1779

0

50

100

150

200

250

1775 1776 1777 1778 1779

1775 61776 251777 381778 101.51779 191.5

Amount of paper money issued (in $ millions)


Money - 1775-1779

Value of paper money issued (exchange rate of paper to gold coin)

05

101520

2530354045

1775 1776 1777 1778 1779

1775 11776 1.5177717781779 42.2


Money and Prices

One way of describing the relationship between money and prices is called the equation of exchange

MV = PYQuantityof money (M) times velocity of money (V)

= Price level (P) times level of real output (Y)

If M rises with V and Y roughly fixed, P will rise.


Gresham’s Law

Bad money drives out good money.


What is the controversy?

The US had bad credit.

Hamilton wanted to pay off the debt to restore our credit.

Who can complain?

Who did complain? Why? How was the issue resolved?


Early Federalist v. Anti-federalist Debate

Proposals for a “federal town” for the deliberations of the Continental Congress were made in 1783, 4 years before the adoption of the Constitution. Rivalry between Northern and Southern delegates over the site appeared in the First Congress, 1789. The Virginia members of the House wanted a capital on the eastern bank of the Potomac; they were defeated by the Northerners, while the Southerners defeated the Northern attempt to have the nation assume the war debts of the 13 original states, the Assumption Bill fathered by Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton and Jefferson arranged a compromise: the Virginia men voted for the Assumption Bill, and the Northerners conceded the capital to the Potomac.

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Effects of a TariffEconomics 24Effects of Protection CONNECT TO ECO 24 WEB SITE

Consider the British corn industry, and suppose, initially, that there is free trade in corn. The situation for the British corn market and a typical British corn farmer are shown in figure 1, below. The world price of corn is PW. SB is the British domestic supply curve, and DB is British demand for corn. The typical farmer produces qf1, and earns zero economic profit, and British consumers import an amount of corn equal to QD1 - QS1.

Q

P SB

DB

q

Marginal Cost

AverageCost

WorldSupply

PWPW

One typical British corn farmer Entire British corn market

qf1 QS1 QD1

TPw + T

P


Effects of a Tariff

Consider the effects of a tariff on the British corn industry.World-wide, the price of corn is Pw.British farmers can produce corn along the supply curve SB.

Why is the world supply curve flat?

Why does SB have a positive slope?

How much corn does Britain import?

Why don’t British farmers grow more corn?

Q

P SB

DB

WorldSupply

PW

Entire British corn market

QS1 QD1


Effects of a TariffP

Q

P SB

DB

q

Marginal Cost

AverageCost

WorldSupply

PWPW


qf1 QS1 QD1

Suppose the British government imposes a tariff T on imported corn.

What happens in the SHORT RUN?What happens in the LONG RUN?Define SHORT RUN and LONG RUN.

TPw + T


Effects of a Tariff

Q

P SB

DB

q

P

Marginal Cost

AverageCost

WorldSupply

PWPW


qf1 QS1 QD1

NO TARIFF. LONG RUN EQUILIBRIUM.With no trade barriers, British consumers import QD1 - QS1 corn.British farmers sell QS1 units of corn.Typical farmers earn zero excess profit.What does it mean to say that farmers are earning zero profit?

Price = Average Cost

IMPORTS



What happens in the SHORT RUN?

T

Pw + TPw+T

Q

P SB

DB

q

Marginal Cost

AverageCost

WorldSupply

PWPW


qf1 QS1 QD1

PROFIT

qf2 QS2QD2

At the new higher price, British corn farmers make a profit.

At the new higher price, British consumers import less corn.



What happens in the LONG RUN?

T

Pw + TPw+T

Q

P SB

DB

q

Marginal Cost

AverageCost

WorldSupply

PWPW


qf1 QS1 QD1

In the LONG RUN, entry can occur. So long as profits exist, entry will continue.How do we show entry on the graph?

How far will the British Supply curve shift?

S’

S’’S’’’



T

Pw + TPw+T

Q

P SB

DB

q

MC

AC

WorldSupply

PWPW


qf1 QS1 QD1

S’’

If Average Costs rise as the industry expands, for example if poorer farm land is put into corn production, then profits of the newest (and least productive) farms will fall to zero at a price higher than Pw.

AC’

The more productive farms may still earn the kind of profit called economic rent, profit which cannot be eliminated by entry.

P2


Effects of a Tariff - SUMMARY

A tariff raises the price of a good.

With higher prices, domestic firms make a greater profit in the short run.

The higher profits provide an incentive for domestic entry.

As entry occurs, price begins to fall.

Whether price will eventually fall to (or below) the world price is hotly debated.

One thing is clear. A tariff helps domestic producers, and at least in the short run hurts domestic consumers.

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