RECAP - MODULE OUTCOMES Introduction to macroeconomics Measuring performance of the economy The Monetary Sector The Public Sector Macroeconomic Theories Inflation Unemployment Economic growth and development The foreign sector THE PUBLIC SECTOR: STUDY UNIT 4 What are Your Views on Fiscal Policy and How Fiscal Policy Affects You? Roles of Government in a mixed economy 1. Establishing and enforcing rules of exchange such as Property rights‚ Contract law
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Economics is the study of social behavior guiding in the allocation of scarce resources to meet the unlimited needs and desires of the individual members of a given society. Economics seeks to understand how those individuals interact within the social structure to address key questions about the production and exchange of goods and services. First‚ how are individual needs and desires communicated such that the correct mix of goods and services become available? Second‚ how does a society provide
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1. What is the ‘economic problem’? The fundamental economic problem is related to the issue of scarcity. Scarcity means that resources are limited and short in supply in the world (e.g. diamond). Because of limited resources and unlimited demands‚ society needs to decide how much to produce and distribute these relatively scarce resources. The basic economic problem can be define as what to produce‚ how much to produce and for whom to produce. Some countries are lucky to have great natural resources
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SHORT ANSWER QUESTION: CHAPTER#1 1. Using examples‚ distinguish between the primary and secondary industry. Ans: Primary industry is extracting from nature. It is concerned wit h obtaining or extracting natural resources such as farming‚ mineral‚ fuel or food. These natural resources usually need some processing or manufacturing to convert them into a useable form. Secondary industry changes the raw material into finished goods. Natural resources are taken from primary producer and their
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Kelsea Shick Economics October 5‚ 2010 An economic system consists of production‚ distribution/consumption of goods and services of an economy (Grolier). Without any of the above an economy would not become as industrialized and successful as either the
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Economics The economics course provides students with a basic foundation in the field of economics. The course has five sections: fundamental concepts‚ microeconomics‚ macroeconomics‚ international economics‚ and personal finance. In each area‚ students are introduced to major concepts and themes concerning that aspect of economics. Fundamental Economic Concepts SSEF1 The student will explain why limited productive resources and unlimited wants result in scarcity‚ opportunity
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International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues Vol. 3‚ No. 3‚ 2013‚ pp.743-751 ISSN: 2146-4138 www.econjournals.com Foreign Aid and Economic Growth in Egypt: A Cointegration Analysis Hoda Abd El Hamid Ali Department of Economics and Foreign Trade‚ Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration‚ Helwan University‚ Cairo‚ Egypt. Tel: 00201003452575. Email: hoda_hawary@yahoo.com ABSTRACT: There is a current and growing debate on the effectiveness of foreign aid‚ especially in
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the opportunity cost‚ unemployment‚ discouragement of investment and savings‚ and shortage of goods. Positive effects include the reserve bank adjust their real interest rates and encourage investment in non-monetary capital projects. However the economics in today’s time believe that an economy is said to be in a favorable and a stable condition only if the inflation rate is steady or favorably low(as compared to zero or negative). Most of the most developed countries have managed sustain an inflation
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The purpose of this paper is to prepare a speech that will be provided to a number of reporters that are not well versed with economics. In this paper I will put emphasis on international trade and foreign exchange rates and how those affect the GDP‚ domestic markets‚ and students. I will also outline some of the benefits on goods and services that are imported from other countries and how those contribute to our economy in the United States. What happens when the dollar-value of goods and services
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Economics is the social science that studies the behavior of individuals‚ households‚ and organizations (called economic actors‚ players‚ or agents)‚ when they manage or use scarce resources‚ which have alternative uses‚ to achieve desired ends. Agents are assumed to act rationally‚ have multiple desirable ends in sight‚ limited resources to obtain these ends‚ a set of stable preferences‚ a definite overall guiding objective‚ and the capability of making a choice. There exists an economic problem
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