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    Wheelan writes‚ "Life is about trade-offs‚ and so is economics." Indeed‚ so is Naked Economics. This book promises to be a good introduction to economics for the layman. Throughout the book‚ the author uses easy-to-understand language and vivid examples to illustrate his points in strategic places maintaining a sense of lightness with the readers in reading the material. Here is a summary of each of the 12 Chapters of the book Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science by Charles Wheelan.

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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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    AP Microeconomics Summer Project 2009 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

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    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 Economy Discussion of externalities and how governments can compensate for them. Also the role

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    5. Copy three important passages (minimum of 3 sentences each); and then respond to these passages. Why do you think they are important? How do they help the author create his purpose? 1.“Economics is‚ at root‚ the study of incentives: how people get what they want‚ or need‚ especially when other people want or need the same thing. Economists love incentives. They love to dream them up and enact them‚ study them and tinker with them. The typical economist believes the world has not yet invented

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    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 help to achieve

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    DOCTORAL WRITING TIPS: PLEASE READ-IMPORTANT-HINT‚ HINT‚ HINT Posted on: Tuesday‚ September 10‚ 2013   DOCTORAL WRITING TIPS: PLEASE READ-IMPORTANT-HINT‚ HINT‚ HINT Please use the tips below and I am almost certain you will get a much better grade‚ create very polished‚ doctoral-level papers‚ and will have a MUCH easier time on your proposal/project/dissertation as these items are REQUIRED. 1. Do not use too many direct quotes -- in academia there is an emphasis put on being able to read‚ assimilate

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    hinders efficient outcomes in a market economy because it involves one party in an economic action having less information than the other‚ therefore it might agree to buy a certain product or service and pay for more than what it gets (or vice versa if seen from the ignorant seller’s perspective). The avoidance of negative perverse incentives leads governments into better policy making and achieving the desired economic effect and increase in efficiency. If the principal-agent problem is addressed correctly

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    Naked Economics by Charles Wheelan gives the reader a basic understanding of the different aspects and workings of economics. Economics deals with incentives‚ which are reasons people may want to do something whether the end result be positive or negative. Another of the author’s points is that some governments are sometimes inefficient systems that pass regulations which limit consumers‚ however they are necessary. Lastly Wheelan states that everything one does‚ costs in some way. “First‚

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    Chapter Summaries Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter 1: The Fundamentals of Economics 2: Markets and Government in a Modern Economy 3: Basic Elements of Supply and Demand 4: Applications of Supply and Demand 5: Demand and Consumer Behavior 6: Production and Business Organization 7:

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