In a capitalist system such as the one in the US‚ everything is controlled by supply and demand. When there is a scarcity of a specific object/service‚ the demand for it is higher. A savvy businessperson will recognize the demand and will offer the product/service. Major chain stores are included in this system; they recognize a demand and try to fill it. As a simplistic example: town A has no pizza store. Mr. B realizes that people would like to be able to eat in a local pizzeria‚ so he opens
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION “Mangroves live life on the edge” (Warne‚ 2007). Some parts of the mangrove roots are submerged on the water and the other parts are on the land. The mangroves serve as a support system to biodiversity. However‚ according to World Wild Fund or WWF (n.d.)‚ the world already lost more than 35% of its mangrove forest. Mangroves are also responsible for carbon sequestration. According to United States Environment and Protection Agency (n.d.)‚ carbon sequestration is capturing
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curve is upward sloping. Movement along the AS curve is caused by changes in the price level. LO2 AS curve: Short Run AS Price level Aggregate supply (short run) 0 Real domestic output‚ GDP LO2 Factors that shift AS curve 1. Resource/Input prices: • Labor – Wages • Land – Rent • Price of raw materials
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1. Would Henry Hazlitt more likely: a. Say we are already suffering the long-run consequences of the policies of the remote or recent past. b. Advocate public or collective ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods. c. Argue for more governmental stimulus to help the economy. 2. Would Henry Hazlitt more likely say: a. That government should fund public works to maintain full employment. b. The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the
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co 550 Assignment 3 Assignment 3 1. Some games of strategy are cooperative. One example is deciding which side of the road to drive on. It doesn’t matter which side it is as long as everyone chooses the same side. Otherwise‚ everyone may get hurt. a. Does either player have a dominant strategy? Explain. I don’t believe that either player has a dominant strategy. Dominant strategy is “a strategy that results in the best outcome or highest payoff to a given player no matter what action
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Chapter 2 MCQ’s 1) According to the Law of Demand‚ the demand curve for a good will A) shift leftward when the price of the good increases. B) shift rightward when the price of the good increases. C) slope downward. D) slope upward. Answer: C 2) An increase in the price of pork will lead to A) a movement up along the demand curve. B) a movement down along the demand curve. C) a rightward shift of the demand curve. D) a leftward shift of the demand curve. Answer: A 3) An increase in consumer incomes
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Global Economic Environment Group Presentation Written Report (Group 1) Christy Lai Kei Kwan 12119785D 30th September 2013 Question 1 (a) How has Apple capitalized on the globalization of production? What advantages does manufacturing in China offer the company? ANS: Globalization has been a heat topic in these past years. Many international companies will use this advantage for their own production‚ and Apple is definitely one of the significant examples. Below shown are the ways that
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Economics 515 AU12 Midterm 3 Review The exam will have 10‚ 10-point questions on it from the questions below. 1. Explain briefly how guns and steel aided in Europeans’ attempts to conquer the native population of Africa and the Americas. How did germs work in favor of European conquest against the Incas? How did germs work against the Europeans in their imperialist efforts in Africa? 2. Describe the attempt of Europeans to colonize Africa depicted in Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel
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Quiz 1- Chapter 1 Question 1- The orbital cavities house the eyes. Question 2- A section that divides the body on the longitudinal plane into equal right and left parts is called: median (midsagittal) oblique coronal frontal transverse Question 3- Which of these regions is NOT associated with the ventral (anterior) portion of the head: occipital oral buccal nasal orbital Question 4- Which of the following activities does NOT represent an anatomical study: observing the parts
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COMP230 QUIZZES Week 1 Quiz: 1. Question : (TCO 1) Which one of the following Windows NET commands will allow other computers to access the C:\Data directory under the share nameUserData? Student Answer: NET USE UserData=C:\Data NET SHARE UserData=C:\Data NET USE C:\Data = UserData NET SHARE C:\Data=UserData Question 2. Question : (TCO 1) The netsh command that will set the IP Address of the interface name "NIC" to a DHCP supplied IP address is _____. Student Answer:
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