Note Book Chapter 1 Getting Started 1.1 DEFINITION AND QUESTIONS 1. Scarcity is the condition that arises because wants exceeds the ability of resources to satisfy them. 2. Scarcity is the condition that arises because wants exceed the ability of resources to satisfy them. Scarcity is not eliminated when people become rich‚ movie goers are able to see the next The Social Networ installment‚ or people gain employment because of the movie’s release. In all cases‚ people will have wants that
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Economics 111 – Study Guide CHAPER 1 – Economic and Economic Reasoning Economics: The study of how human beings coordinate their wants and desires given the decision making mechanism‚ social customs and political realities of society. The three central coordination problems any economy must solve are: 1. What and How much to produce 2. How to produce it 3. For whom to produce it Economist find that individuals want more than is available‚ given how much their willing to work. That
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(b) Discuss whether the Singapore government should change its policies for managing the balance of payments. The policies for managing the balance of payments could be directed to the current account via expenditure switching (exchange rates and protectionism)‚ expenditure dampening or raising through Fiscal Policy and Monetary Policy‚ or through long-term measures like supply side policies (increasing general education‚ subsidies‚ etc.). The policies directed at the capital account could include
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1. What is the difference between a soft commitment and no commitment? In making no commitment‚ a firm has not taken an action or made an investment that alters its own and/or its rival’s competitive responses. In contrast‚ a soft commitment is one that‚ no matter what its competitors do‚ the firm will behave less aggressively than if it had not made the commitment. Thus‚ in a Cournot game a soft commitment will cause the firm to produce relatively less output‚ while in a Bertrand game a soft
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Sample Test Questions for ECON 102 with answers marked 1. Economics deals primarily with the concept of a. scarcity. b. money. c. poverty. d. banking. 2. The adage‚ "There is no such thing as a free lunch‚" means a. even people on welfare have to pay for food. b. the cost of living is always increasing. c. people face tradeoffs. d. all costs are included in the price of a product. 3. Government policies resulting in reduced efficiency include (i) the welfare system
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Pramuka Ehagama CSCi 372 Assignment 01 1. What are the different Language Evaluation Criteria? A language evaluation criterion is broadly used to measure how usable a programming language is. This includes four main criteria and many characteristics alongside. Readability: defines the ease of understandability of a programming language. Include many factors such as below. * Simplicity – strongly affects readability. A language with few basic constructs is much easier to learn. Feature
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Problem Set # 4 [75 Points] Econ 305 – Prof: Henry Terrell Due: May 9th‚ 2008 before 9:00 AM Name: ID: TA: Problem 1 [25 Points] Consider the following extended classical economy (in which the misperception theory holds): AD Y=600+20(M/P) SRAS Y=YFE +2(P - Pe) Okun’s Law (Y-YFE)/YFE=-2(u-unr)
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Economics 1 Economics Shane Hadaller ECO/372 October 24‚ 2010 Ms. El Hag Economics 2 Economics Economics plays a key role in the business world. There are many different terms used in the business world that not everyone understands. These terms actually apply to everyday life in households and everyday activities. There are events that happen that can affect each other‚ these events are put together into a flow diagram and can illustrate the interaction
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Be Intelligent—Identify the Stakeholders You’ve identified the issue‚ and your ultimate goal is to take an action that will solve or address that issue. But we can’t skip right to the end just yet! Before thinking about the solution‚ consider the other people in the situation. Your decision—even if that decision is to do nothing—will have an effect on some people. We call these people the stakeholders. Like a pebble hitting the water‚ our actions have consequences that ripple out from the
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“In the first quarter of 2010‚ the market for private homes in Singapore saw a record breaking prices and transaction volumes‚ prompting calls for government intervention to cool the market.” Using economic analysis‚ explain the reasons for the “record breaking prices and transaction volumes” for private homes in Singapore. Private homes in Singapore seeing a record breaking prices and transaction volumes is due to the actions of both the consumers and the producers‚ which will cause a shift in
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