The Power of Markets: Who feeds Paris? Two basic assumptions that economists make about individual and firms are that all individuals act in a way to make themselves as well- off as possible. For example‚ individuals make the best use of their utility and skill‚ so they can earn more money. The second assumption is that firms always try to maximize the money they earn. For example‚ if an entrepreneur had two business choices that he could make‚ he would pick the business choice that he thinks
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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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NZ farmers hit by worst drought in 30 years Introduction Major dairy exporter New Zealand has joined a growing list of agricultural countries being sucked dry by a drought - its worst in 30 years - with the government warning of higher global milk prices. Market for milk when drought occurs in New Zealand 1. There are higher global milk prices. Due to drought in New Zealand crops that are produce for cow is sucked dry. Higher prices of crops will result in higher cost of maintaining
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1) Which of the following transactions would be included in GDP? a) The purchase of a Monet painting b) The purchase of paper clips c) The purchase of Telstra shares d) The purchase of a used car 2) Economics is the study of a) the choices everybody makes to attain their goals‚ given their scarce resources. b) supply and demand. c) how to make money in a market economy. d) how to make money in the stock market. 3) The economy is considered to be at full employment when
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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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Main reasons that have caused globalisation 1. Improved transport‚ making global travel easier. For example‚ there has been a rapid growth in air-travel‚ enabling greater movement of people and goods across the globe. 2. Containerisation. From 1970‚ there was a rapid adoption of the steel transport container. This reduced the costs of inter-modal transport making trade cheaper and more efficient. 3. Improved technology which makes it easier to communicate and share information around the world.
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1. The securities‚ intermediaries‚ and markets that exist to match savers and borrowers comprise the financial ________. a. system b. market c. economy d. security • 2. A contract in which a borrower promises to compensate the lender in the future is called a financial ________. a. stock b. debt c. investment d. security • 3. A contract that makes the owner of a security a part owner of the company that issued the security is known
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ECO1010F Essay1 2013 Student Number: CHXTAW001 Name: Robert Chao Introduction In South Africa‚ there are many socio economic issues. The four main issues that the country is dealing with are unemployment‚ poverty‚ crime and HIV/AIDS. “South Africa’s unemployment rate rose to 25.2% in the first quarter of 2012 compared to 23.9% in the fourth quarter of 2011‚ says Statistics South Africa (Stats SA‚ 2013)” As a result‚ the poor have limited access to economic opportunities and basic services.
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Strategic Change of Campaign at Apple Inc. Dr Debajani Sahoo “Apple has a long history of exceptional advertising‚ starting with 1984”1. - Ross Rubin (Director of Analysis ‚ NPD Group‚ 14 Dec 2007) “Advertising a “core pillar” of Apple’s strategy:“It’s bringing in new people to Apple products.” Apple and its advertising agency take very different approaches to get that message across. Despite their differences‚Apple ads have in common at least one major advantage over many competitors’ commercials:
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