Chapter 3‚4‚4 Monte Reynolds What effect do each of the following have on the demand for small automobiles such as the mini cooper and smart car? A Demand increases B Demand increases C Demand decreases D Demand decreases E Demand Increases Question 6 What effect will each of the following have on the supply of auto tires? A Advances in technology should increase the supply B A decline in the number of firms in the tire industry will decrease supply C Increase in the price of rubber will make supplies
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1.4.2 The 3 Key Economic Questions every Society must answer: Who? What? and How? As we have been learning‚ everyone is forced to deal with scarcity. We‚ as individuals‚ are forced to deal with it. We‚ as families‚ are forced to deal with it. And we‚ as societies‚ as countries‚ are forced to deal with it. The way we‚ as individuals‚ face it is through the choices we make. And since all of us make different individual choices‚ it stands to reason that we all use different methods‚ or reasoning
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American Capitalism is not like the typical pure capitalist economy. It is actually a mixed economy. The economy is mixed with Socialism and Capitalism. The general meaning of Socialism is “a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production‚ distribution‚ and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.” Capitalism is “an economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for
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$1.00 each‚ and hardcover books are $3.50. Of the 50 books sold last Tuesday morning‚ 40 were paperback and the rest were hardcover. What was the weighted mean price of a book? (10%) ANS: $1.50 found by ($40 + $35)/50 15. The Loris Healthcare System employs 200 persons on the nursing staff. Fifty are nurse’s aides‚ 50 are practical nurses‚ and 100 are registered nurses. Nurse’s aides receive $8 an hour‚ practical nurses $15 an hour‚ and registered nurses $24 an hour. What is the weighted mean
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1. What do you see as the strengths and weaknesses of capitalism? Give some examples: Strengths: • Sense of free agency and choice all around • Incentive to work and create • “miracle of exchange” • Natural way to allocate Resources • Controls prices and profits through natural law of supply and demand- less supply and more demand= prices up • In human nature • Social Good • Equality • Greed that causes competition • Democracy • Growth • Happiness • Harmony. Weakness: • Dishonestly • Greed • Unstable
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There are many different types of governments‚ but most of them fall under capitalism or socialism. These are really the only two options for government in a country. Even interventionism falls under one of the two even though people say it is its own category. Capitalism and socialism are on opposite ends of the spectrum‚ and one is better than the other. While both of these types of governments have good intentions‚ only one of them delivers‚ and socialism is not it. Socialism is all about equality
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Types of Economies What is an economy? An economy consists of the economic systems of a country or other area; the labor‚ capital‚ and land resources; and the manufacturing‚ production‚ trade‚ distribution‚ and consumption of goods and services of that area. A market based economy may be described as a spatially limited social network where goods and services are freely produced and exchanged according to demand and supply between participants (economic agents) by barter or a medium of exchange
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1. Jim & Co. produces a single product. It runs an advertising campaign it is sure will differentiate its product from their competitors by making it more attractive. Assuming that Jim & Co. are correct‚ what will happen to the demand for its product and what pricing strategy should it employ? a. Demand will become more elastic and they should lower the price. b. Demand will become more elastic and they should raise the price. c. Demand will become less elastic and they should lower the
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In Socialism Lies the Future We have been placed on the Earth in troubled times. We live in a complex world with currents of conflict to be found everywhere. Political machinations ruin the stability of nations. The message I bring to you is not a happy one‚ but it is the truth‚ and time is always on the side of truth. I believe that one of the most pressing duties of our time‚ for us as a community and for us as individuals‚ is to strengthen our conscience; to clarify further‚ each day‚ our vision
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION: Computer technology has been widely used in different fields‚ nowadays; computer is the main system that is being used from large and wide scale manufacturing up to small scale industries. The defining feature of modern computers which distinguishes them from all other machines is that they can be programmed. That is to say that some type of instructions (the program) can be given to the computer and it will process them. While some computers may have strange concepts
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