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Tài liệu Ten Principles of Economics - Part 6 pdf

Tài liệu Ten Principles of Economics - Part 6 pdf

Ngày tải lên : 15/12/2013, 11:15
... opportunity cost of producing 1 pound of meat is 2 pounds of potatoes. Explain why the rancher’s opportunity cost of producing 1 pound of meat is 1/8 pound of potatoes. 2. Maria can read 20 pages of economics ... pound of potatoes costs the rancher 8 pounds of meat, 1 pound of meat costs the rancher 1/8 pound of potatoes. Similarly, because 1 pound of potatoes costs the farmer 1/2 pound of meat, 1 pound of ... The rancher buys 1 pound of potatoes for a price of 3 pounds of meat. This price of potatoes is lower than her opportunity cost of 1 pound of potatoes, which is 8 pounds of meat. Thus, the rancher...
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Tài liệu Ten Principles of Economics - Part 8 pdf

Tài liệu Ten Principles of Economics - Part 8 pdf

Ngày tải lên : 15/12/2013, 11:15
... quantity of ice cream you are willing to produce and offer for sale? Here are some possible answers. Price The price of ice cream is one determinant of the quantity supplied. When the price of ice ... MARKET FORCES OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND 77 MARKET SUPPLY VERSUS INDIVIDUAL SUPPLY Just as market demand is the sum of the demands of all buyers, market supply is the sum of the supplies of all sellers. ... cream is profitable, and so the quantity supplied is large. As a seller of ice cream, you work long hours, buy many ice- cream machines, and hire many workers. By contrast, when the price of ice...
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Tài liệu Ten Principles of Economics - Part 9 pdf

Tài liệu Ten Principles of Economics - Part 9 pdf

Ngày tải lên : 15/12/2013, 11:15
... dramatically alter the number of times they go to the doctor, although they might go somewhat less often. By contrast, when the price of sailboats rises, the quantity of sailboats demanded falls ... responsiveness of quantity demanded or quantity supplied to one of its determinants price elasticity of demand a measure of how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in the price of that ... is temporarily high. How does this baby boom affect the price of baby-sitting services in 2010 and 2020? (Hint: 5-year-olds need baby-sitters, whereas 15-year-olds can be baby-sitters.) 7. Ketchup is a...
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Ten Principles of Economics - Part 44

Ten Principles of Economics - Part 44

Ngày tải lên : 18/10/2013, 00:15
... amount of income— $100,000 in our example—were fixed. But, in fact, it is not. Utilitarians reject com- plete equalization of incomes because they accept one of the Ten Principles of Economics ... the richest 2.8 percent of the population. About four out of five of these millionaires made their money on their own, such as by start- ing and building a business or by climbing the corporate ... extent, the goal of utilitarians is to ap- ply the logic of individual decisionmaking to questions concerning morality and public policy. The starting point of utilitarianism is the notion of...
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Ten Principles of Economics - Part 47

Ten Principles of Economics - Part 47

Ngày tải lên : 24/10/2013, 18:15
... living standard by cutting back on the luxury of meat and buying more of the staple food of potatoes. Thus, it is argued that a higher price of potatoes actually raised the quantity of potatoes demanded. Whether ... effect on labor supply of winning such a large prize is substantial. Similar results were found in a study, published in the May 1993 issue of the Quarterly Journal of Economics, of how receiving a ... of consumer choice does allow demand curves to slope upward. Yet such occurrences are so unusual that the law of demand is as reliable a law as any in economics. Quantity of Meat A Quantity of Potatoes 0 E C I 2 I 1 Initial...
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Ten Principles of Economics - Part 49

Ten Principles of Economics - Part 49

Ngày tải lên : 29/10/2013, 01:15
... the health of our children, the quality of their education, or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages, the intelligence of our public debate ... Americans. 506 PART EIGHT THE DATA OF MACROECONOMICS CASE STUDY INTERNATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN GDP AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE One way to gauge the usefulness of GDP as a measure of economic well-being is to ... value of final goods. The reason is that the value of intermediate goods is already included in the prices of the final goods. Adding the market value of the paper to the market value of the...
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Ten Principles of Economics - Part 50

Ten Principles of Economics - Part 50

Ngày tải lên : 29/10/2013, 01:15
... Some prices rise by more than others. Consumers respond to these differing price changes by buying less of the goods whose prices have risen by large amounts and by buying more of the goods whose ... a higher or lower standard of liv- ing than today’s players. MEASURING THE COST OF LIVING 508 PART EIGHT THE DATA OF MACROECONOMICS maternal mortality, higher rates of child malnutrition, and ... Bureau of Labor Statistics did revise the basket of goods B EHIND EVERY MACROECONOMIC STATISTIC are thousands of individual pieces of data on the economy. This article fol- lows some of the people...
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Ten Principles of Economics - Part 1

Ten Principles of Economics - Part 1

Ngày tải lên : 08/11/2013, 00:15
... ideas. In the rest of this chapter, we look at Ten Principles of Economics. These principles recur throughout this book and are introduced here to give you an overview of what economics is all ... raise its profits by opportunity cost whatever must be given up to obtain some item marginal changes small incremental adjustments to a plan of action CHAPTER 1 TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS 7 thinking ... promote an end which was no part of his intention. Nor is it always the worse for the society that it was no part of it. By pursuing his own interest he frequently promotes that of the society more effectually than...
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Ten Principles of Economics - Part 2

Ten Principles of Economics - Part 2

Ngày tải lên : 08/11/2013, 00:15
... CHAPTER 1 TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS 15 monetary and fiscal policy are potentially so powerful, how policymakers should use these instruments to control the economy, if at all, is a subject of continuing debate. QUICK ... task. The field of economics is based on a few basic ideas that can be applied in many dif- ferent situations. Throughout this book we will refer back to the Ten Principles of Economics highlighted ... introduction of competing products has reduced the expected sales of your new product to $3 million. If it would cost $1 million to finish Problems and Applications CHAPTER 1 TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS...
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Ten Principles of Economics - Part 3

Ten Principles of Economics - Part 3

Ngày tải lên : 08/11/2013, 00:15
... source of the inefficiency were eliminated, the economy could move from point B to point A, increasing production of both cars (to 700) and computers (to 2,000). One of the Ten Principles of Economics ... less of the other. When the economy moves from point A to point C, for instance, society produces more computers but at the ex- pense of producing fewer cars. Another of the Ten Principles of Economics ... Just as a physicist be- gins the analysis of a falling marble by assuming away the existence of friction, economists assume away many of the details of the economy that are irrelevant for studying...
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Ten Principles of Economics - Part 51

Ten Principles of Economics - Part 51

Ngày tải lên : 08/11/2013, 00:15
... popular movie of all time? The answer might surprise you. Movie popularity is usually gauged by box office receipts. By that measure, Titanic is the No. 1 movie of all time, followed by Star Wars, ... well-being of others? Explain. 2. Suppose that the residents of Vegopia spend all of their income on cauliflower, broccoli, and carrots. In 2001 they buy 100 heads of cauliflower for $200, 50 bunches of ... inflation rate as measured by the consumer price index. Notice that nominal and real interest rates often do not move together. S OURCE : U.S. Department of Labor; U.S. Department of Treasury. CHAPTER...
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Ten Principles of Economics - Part 52

Ten Principles of Economics - Part 52

Ngày tải lên : 08/11/2013, 00:15
... production of capital. One of the Ten Principles of Economics presented in Chapter 1 is that people face tradeoffs. This principle is especially important when considering the accumula- tion of capital. ... experienced more rapidly growing productivity. Indeed, one of the Ten Principles of Economics in Chapter 1 is that a country’s stan- dard of living depends on its ability to produce goods and services. Hence, ... the amount of capital it has. If today the economy produces a large quantity of new capital goods, then tomorrow it will have a larger stock of capital and be able to produce more of all types of goods...
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Ten Principles of Economics - Part 53

Ten Principles of Economics - Part 53

Ngày tải lên : 08/11/2013, 00:15
... through policies that promote economic growth. Most of this chapter is summarized in one of the Ten Principles of Economics: A country’s standard of living depends on its ability to produce goods ... returns the property whereby the benefit from an extra unit of an input declines as the quantity of the input increases catch-up effect the property whereby countries that start off poor tend to grow more ... takes some of this additional income back to the United States in the form of profit. Sim- ilarly, when an American investor buys Mexican stock, the investor has a right to a portion of the profit...
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