Lecture Notes 2.1 What Goods and Services are Produced? A. What We Consume 1. In the United States‚ medical care is the single largest consumption category. 2. Over time‚ incomes in the United States have increased and our expenditure on necessities has fallen as a percentage of income while expenditure on services has risen as a percentage of income. B. What We Produce Most of what we consume is produced in the United States‚ and most of what we produce is services. 1. As a percent of
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1. How would you boil down Kent’s analytic doctrine in understandable terms for policymakers? Kent explains in the document “Tensions in Analyst-Policymaker Relation” that there needs to be a relationship between the analyst and the policymaker. The policy-maker will criticize the analyst work to ensure that the evidence has been evaluated‚ the recommendations are not vague or biased and that alternative explanation and projections have been considered. He sums up the job of the analyst by stating
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Some people prefer to live in a small town. Others prefer to live in a big city. Which place would you prefer to live in? There are too many differences between live in a big city and a small city. So we have to choice our own position. If you like calm condition‚ small cities are suits you. Although‚ if you want to improve yourself‚ big cities are the most important place to learn so many things will need your future life. In life‚ people’s the best thing is of course
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What Would Miss Manners Say? Social etiquette these days has changed exceptionally since the time of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice‚ but how many people really understand how impertinent the world has become? The way spouses speak to each other now completely contrasts with how‚ for example‚ Mr. Bennet spoke to Mrs. Bennet. In addition‚ women now have a greater equality with men‚ but even their image has been adulterated by today’s society. They are allowed to have their own
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Zealanders. They were warm‚ welcoming and very helpful throughout our stay. Upon arrival‚ we were welcomed and given snacks and drinks. We were made to feel like old friends who had come for a visit. (While we were there‚ another couple from the US were staying there who had stayed there several times previously. It is the kind of place I would like to visit again and again.) Second -- the place. John and Ruth have created a beautiful villa-type setting on a 5-acre garden estate‚ with a pool. Our
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Which would you rather choose Samurai’s! Or Knights!‚ In this essay‚ I will compare the weapons‚ views of women‚ and code of conduct from the samurai and knights. In this first paragraph I will be focusing how I believe the samurai’s armor better prepares him for battle than the knight’s armor. the samurai wear a mask to strike fear into their opponents to find an opening to attack. The knight’s mask prevent heavy attacks and fatal blows by cushioning the attack to lessen the impact. The samurai’s
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Case Assignment - What Would You Do?FORD MOTOR COMPANYHeadquarters‚ Dearborn‚ Michigan. “You turned Boeing around from billion-dollar losses to huge profits and increased market share. But when you became Ford Motor Company’s CEO‚ people asked‚ “What does an airplane guy know about the car business?” Well‚ on your first day as CEO‚ you reviewed the product lineup and discovered something missing‚ the Ford Taurus‚ the best-selling car in company history. “Where was it?” you asked. “We killed it
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in foreign countries only to fight another war at home. David Finkel explores the hidden pain and suffering of war-families and veterans in his book Thank You For Your Service. Finkel‚ winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of a New York Times Best Book of the Year‚ has spent hours upon hours researching‚ interviewing‚ and simply documenting what a two-decade war does to a soldier and their family. With no specific target audience‚ it is at least suggested those unfamiliar with PTSD and TBI should
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forever would be early adulthood‚ which is twenties to forties. In this stage you are finding your identity‚ finding a career‚ and finding love. The major characteristics in this age group are totally re-centering our lives and going from a highly structured environment into an unstructured path. You will go from living with your parents to leaving home and living on your own. You learn the responsibility of becoming an adult in this age group. Also with becoming an adult you find out who you are‚
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misunderstandings like in “The Wife’s Story‚” when the wolves killed the husband because he was different‚ and they thought he was about to harm their pack (Le Guin 110‚127-129). When there is a huge diversity in society‚ it creates misunderstandings since people fear the unknown. The wolves killed the husband because they didn’t understand what the husband was going to do. Diversity can cause society to be in a war and lead people to their death. In the story‚ “What‚ of This Goldfish‚ Would You Wish?”‚
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