Melissa Bell ECN 101 Professor Grob Assignment 1 1-23-11 What in your view is the most important value to consider when evaluating economic problems or systems? There are a wide range of important values to be considered when evaluating economic problems within our system. The first that come to mind are the ones that will benefit the majority of working class Americans like myself such as; government assistance‚ an increase in minimum wage‚ affordable healthcare for all‚ free education
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1. From the definition of GDP we arrive at the following expression: c + i + g + x-m = y = c + s + t Discuss the three important economic relationships that can be derived from this expression related to the definition of GDP and explain each carefully. The expression above depicts two different ways to come up with real GDP for a country. The left side of the expression explains expenditure side of computing real GDP which can be rewritten as: y = c + i + g +x – m In real terms‚ it could
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that a firm has fixed costs of $25 per day for renting one machine and its variable costs are as shown in the table below. Labour Output VC TC AFC AVC ATC MC 0 0 $ 0 25 ---- ---- ---- ---- 1 4 25 50 6.25 6.25 12.50 25 2 10 50 75 2.50 5.00 7.50 25 3 13 75 100 1.92 5.77 7.69 25 4 15 100 125 1.67 6.67 8.33 25 5 16 125 150 1.56 7.81 9.38 25 a. Calculate the TC‚ AFC‚ AVC‚ ATC‚ and MC‚ and complete the table with your calculations. (5 marks) b. Compared to other markets‚ why do economists consider
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As Economics 1. Economics:- 1. The branch of knowledge concerned with the production‚ consumption‚ and transfer of wealth. 2. The condition of a region or group as regards material prosperity. 3. Economics is a science which studies human behaviour as a relationship between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses 2. Adam Smith Smith believed that competition (the belief that everyone should have a fair chance to compete to make‚ sell‚ and buy goods and services) was the key
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interest | | D) | triple your money in 7.2 years at 5 percent interest | | E) | triple your money at 10 percent interest in 7.2 years | Question 3 (2 points) On your ninth birthday‚ you received $300 which you invested at 4.5 percent interest‚ compounded annually. Your investment is now worth $757. How old are you today? Question 3 options: | A) | age 29 | | B) | age 30 | | C) | age 31 | | D) | age 32 | | E) | age 33 | Question 4 (2 points) You just received
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Tariff Cuts in Vietnam The Vietnamese economy began to feel the impact of entry to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in January. Under its WTO commitments‚ Vietnam has begun to cut tariffs on more than 1800 imported items. The cut is quite large for some commodities‚ such as fabrics‚ where the tariff has dropped from 40 % to 12 %. Taking advantage of the lower tariffs‚ businesses have imported a large quantity of foreign goods‚ and the prices of goods at the retail stores have fallen as the
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Internal Controls for Problem 3 Theme park operators must be aware of the fact that rides maintenance is a very important function of a theme park‚ as a malfunction in any component of the rides could very well escalate into a potentially dangerous situation. The simplest method to minimize ride breakdowns is by establishing a reasonable set of internal controls that will be able to efficiently overcome the problem. Under the component of control activity‚ Legoland can implement three features of
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assume that the public hold half of their money as cash and half of their money as deposits. Explain the money creation process that follows due to your initial deposit of $1‚000‚ and calculate the maximum amount of loans that can be created. 3. What is the basic objective of monetary policy? What are the major strengths of monetary policy? Why is monetary policy easier to conduct than fiscal policy? 4. Refer to the accompanying table for Moola to answer the following questions. [pic]
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past experience‚ and‚ therefore‚ by the establishment of a perceptual set. It is based on an experiment conducted by Bugelski and Alampay (1961). It was hypothesized that interpretation of an ambiguous stimuli that can be perceived as either a rat or a human face will be influenced by the context under which they view the figure and their past experience with other figures. That is they will be influenced by their perceptual set. The results from this study supported the hypothesis with the
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Econ 102 quiz 1 Question 1 of 10 10.0/ 10.0 Points Economics is best defined as the study of A. financial decision-making B. how consumers make purchasing decisions. C. choices made by people faced with scarcity. D. inflation‚ unemployment‚ and economic growth Answer Key: C Question 2 of 10 10.0/ 10.0 Points Macroeconomics differs from microeconomics in that A. macroeconomics is the study of individual markets‚ while microeconomics
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