Chapter 7 In this chapter‚ the author uses an example of dieting to show that people use other people’s very basic understanding of markets to control them‚ and how knowing more can save you more. He says that a major contributor to that is that people‚ especially in America‚ can spend money that is not theirs. This is called a credit system (uses credit cards). Being able to do this‚ he says‚ is a good and a bad thing because people can overspend and end up broke. He says that this ties into
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Naked Economics Assignment After reading the book‚ please complete the following questions for discussion. Your responses must be typed‚ and they will be collected on the first day of class. Chapter 1: The Power of Markets • What are the two basic assumptions that economists make about individuals and firms? • What is the role and significance of prices in the market economy? • What’s so great about a market economy anyway? Market allocation 3 / Assume rational utility-maximizers 6 /
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Homework assignment for chapter 5: Problems 5.4 (page 177)‚ 5.4 A die is thrown (1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6) and a coin is tossed (H‚ T). (a) Enumerate the elementary events in the sample space for the die/coin combination. (b) Are the elementary events equally likely? Explain. A) Elementary events are - DIE COIN 1 2 3 4 5 6 HEADS H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 TAILS T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 B) YES‚ EACH EVENT IS EQUALLY LIKELY TO OCCUR. THERE ARE 12 POSSIBLE OUTCOMES AS A RESULT OF ROLLING OE DIE AND
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CHAPTER 4 Problems 1‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5 and 7: 1. “In the United States where land is cheap‚ the ratio of land to labor used in cattle raising is higher than that of land used in wheat growing. But in more crowded countries‚ where land is expensive and labor is cheap‚ it is common to raise cows by using less land and more labor than Americans use to grow wheat. Can we still say that raising cattle is land intensive compared with farming wheat? Why or why not? Perhaps‚ but the argument implicit
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desired. Using this method‚ as the author elaborates‚ is really how we determine if the cost of an item costs more than it once did. Along with the importance of cost of living‚ the Real GDP and Real GDP per capita also play an important role in our economic growth. While talking about GDP‚ the author states the feelings of Americans by stating “Indeed‚ if we all believe the economy is likely to get worse‚ then it will get worse. And if we all believe it will get better‚ then it will get better (12)
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data show a positive correlation between political stability and economic growth. a. Through what mechanism could political stability lead to strong economic growth? b. Through what mechanism could strong economic growth lead to political stability? Ans 8 a. Political stability could lead to strong economic growth by making the country attractive to investors. The increased investment would raise economic growth. b. Strong economic growth could lead to political stability because when people have
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Please read Naked Economics by Charles Wheelan (Norton‚ 2002) and answer the following questions. Your answers should be typed or neatly handwritten. This book is available in the Altoona and Hollidaysburg Public library‚ as well as Barnes and Noble‚ Amazon.com and many other online sellers. Purchase of the book is not required‚ but recommended. --The Book is $10.85 on Amazon.com. --Half.com from $5.00 used. --$15.95 at Barnes and Noble 1) Answer the following
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Chapter 1 The Power of Markets Charles states as his number one point that economics is really unpredictable. He uses the Coca-Cola Company as a fine example for this. That company starts of turning out to be loss and failure but within 10 years since it started it turned out to be very profitable. Charles also states that markets are extreme powerhouses over individual’s daily lives. Markets are also self-correcting because they use prices to allocate their resources. Individuals all work
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Katherine Piedra P4 09/12/13 Chapter 1: The Power of Markets 1. What are the two basic assumptions that economists make about individuals and firms? First‚ we assume that all of these entities have unlimited wants. This assumption forms the basis of economics. It is the study of how entities try to fulfill these unlimited wants when confronted with limited resources. Second‚ we assume that all of these entities are rational actors. We assume that they typically act in ways that will
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price‚ etc. Lots of bald statements and glib stories with no evidence or references. 2: Incentive Matter More stories‚ this time about incentives. Why they matter and why it is hard to fix markets that have bad outcomes because of bad incentive structures. He repeats Steven Levitt’s story about real estate brokers. On p. 33 (bottom) "Economics teaches us how to get incentive right." but the whole chapter is stories about how attempts to change incentives have failed. 3: Government and the
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