Running head: HOW PEOPLE MAKE ECONOMIC DECISIONS How People Make Economic Decisions Misty D. Johnson University of Phoenix How People Make Economic Decisions There are four principles of individual decision-making‚ individuals facing trade-offs‚ analyzing what individuals give up to get‚ analyzing marginal costs and benefits‚ and reviewing incentives. Furthermore‚ many individuals could see how these principles affect the economy as a whole. Making decisions in the economic
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CheckPoint: Historical Example of Labor Supply and Demand Submit a 300-word response addressing one of the following historical events in terms of labor supply and demand: the Great Depression‚ the Luddite Revolt‚ the Black Death‚ or the technology boom of the 1990s. Include the following: What was the impact on the supply and demand of labor on one sector of the labor market? Explain the factors that affected labor demand and labor supply in the chosen historical example.
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DEMAND‚ SUPPLY AND MARKET EQUILIBRIUM The term ‘price’ has a great relevance in economics. In ordinary usage‚ price is the quantity of payment or compensation given by one party to another in return for goods and services. It is generally expressed in terms of units of some form of currency. But how does a product sell for a certain price‚ what constitutes the price of a product and how is the price determined is the bigger question. In economics‚ for a competitive market the prices for
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Demand‚ Supply and Market Equilibrium Every market has a demand side and a supply side and where these two forces are in balance it is said that the markets are at equilibrium. The Demand Schedule: The Demand side can be represented by law of downward sloping demand curve. When the price of commodity is raised (ad other things held constant)‚ buyers tend to buy less of the commodity. Similarly when the price is lowered‚ other things being constant‚ quantity demanded increases. The above
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Introduction –Demand supply and market equilibrium • It is the belief of many that the principles of demand and supply is very important to microeconomics. • However‚ the concepts that underline these principles are often confused. This presentation will outline the core principles behind these concepts. Demand • Demand can be defined as : the want or desire to possess a good or service with the necessary goods‚ services‚ or financial instruments necessary to make a legal transaction for those
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"Labor demand is a derived demand‚ meaning it is a result of consumer demands for the organization’s products and services. The organization acquires and deploys its workforce in ways that will allow it to be responsive to consumer demand in a competitive manner." Above is a quote from your textbook Chapter Three. Given that this statement is true‚ what will the organization have to do in order to forecast its future labor demand? What is one technique that could be used to accomplish this
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The Demand For Labor The demand for labor and other productive inputs is different from the demand for consumer products such as iPods‚ books‚ haircuts‚ and pizza. Firms use workers to produce the products demanded by consumers‚ and so economists say that labor demand is a derived demand. That is‚ it is determined by‚ or derived from‚ the demand for the products that workers produce. • Labor Demand by an Individual Firm in the Short Run. Consider a perfectly competitive firm that produces
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W QDL= f(W) We recap by recalling labour costs where when costs Go up‚ companies create a more mechanized form of labour Therefore‚ labour becomes more capital intensive. QDL C ∑ LD‚ W (the elasticity of labour demand with respect to wage = % change LD (demand for labour) % change in wage (w) WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SUPPLY OF LABOUR = LS = g(w‚ # of earners‚ level of education) Note: the increasing level of education increases the hour of work (LS) Sidenote: explained about wealth – which
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At the end of the year‚ you discover that the catch was low and that fish prices had increased to $5.00 per pound‚ but fruit prices stayed at $1.50 and meat prices had actually fallen to $2.00. Can you say what happened to the overall “price level”? How might you construct a measure of the “change in the price level”? What additional information might you need to construct your measure? Inflation is the increase in the general level of prices for goods and services. The overall “price level”
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Case in the news: Demand/Supply and Equilibrium This article is based on the fundamental idea of supply and demand of the iPhone 5 whose demand has outstripped its supply. Due to the fact that the demand is so high‚ even those who pre-ordered the new slim iPhone 5 had to wait until October to get this new phone. The sales have broken all previous records and stand tall at 2 million phones in the first 24 hours. According to the article people had been
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