China’s economic growth and development One of the many ways that China was able to develop and grow at such a high growth rate is due to the four factors‚ land‚ labour capital and enterprise. The fact that China is such a huge country they can use that land as minerals‚ since china has a lot of minerals available china are able to use that minerals into exports or to be inject into the economy by building roads or building to further increase GDP. Another way why china is growing so fast is that
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Economic development is the sustained‚ concerted actions of policy makers and communities that promote the standard of living and economic health of a specific area. Economic development can also be referred to as the quantitative and qualitative changes in the economy. Such actions can involve multiple areas including development of human capital‚ critical infrastructure‚ regional competitiveness‚ environmental sustainability‚ social inclusion‚ health‚ safety‚ literacy‚ and other initiatives. Economic
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Chapter 1 What Is Economics? 1) All economic questions are about A) how to make money. B) what to produce. C) how to cope with scarcity. D) how to satisfy all our wants. 2) An incentive A) could be a reward but could not be a penalty. B) could be a penalty but could not be a reward. C) could be either a reward or a penalty. D) is the opposite of a tradeoff. 3) An inducement to take a particular action is called A) the marginal benefit. B) the marginal cost. C) opportunity cost
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10 Principles of Economics Supply and Demand Supply and demand are inversely proportional: When supply rises‚ demand falls. For instance‚ when the housing market in a certain region is flooded with homes for sale‚ sellers drop the price to attract a buyer. However‚ single homes for sale in exclusive neighborhoods might have more potential buyers than sellers. In these instances‚ the price of the home rises. Inflation and Unemployment Gregory Mankiw‚ Harvard Economics professor and author of "Principles
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Chapter III CAPITAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Almost all economists lay emphasis on capital formation as the major determinant of ED. Capital is a man-made factor of production. It is the one of the essentials of development found in the form of liquid cash‚ raw materials‚ tools machines‚ building etc. Deficiency of capital is the basic characteristic of UDCs. It is not possible to raise the level of productivity unless more capital is made available. Hence it is useful to study
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the basic assumptions of Economics. Ans- The basic problem of economics can be summarized in one sentence: How to best satisfy unlimited wants with unlimited resources. We can break this problem into two parts: Preferences - What do we like‚ what do we dislike. Resources - We all have limited resources. Even Warren Buffett and Bill Gates have limited resources. They have the same 24 hours in a day that we do and neither is going to live forever. All of economics‚ both microeconomics and
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of private ownership‚ and allows the making and enforcement of contracts. Government also establishes the legal "rules of the game" that control relationships among business‚ resource suppliers‚ and consumers. Discrete units of government referee economic relationships‚ seek out foul play‚ and impose penalties. Government intervention is presumed to improve the allocation of resources. By supplying a medium of exchange‚ ensuring product quality‚ defining ownership rights‚ and enforcing contracts
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THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC MELTDOWN Economies of the world all have their periods of rise and fall. No economy can experience total stability over a period of time- there must be some forms of rise or fall in the stability of the economy. Today‚ virtually every country in the world is affected by what happens in other countries. Some of these effects are a result of political events‚ such as the overthrow of one government in favor of another. But a great deal of the interdependence among the nations
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interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; the bondissuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal. Bonds guide. Boom: A state of economic prosperity‚ as in boom times. Break even: This is a term used to describe a point at which revenues equal costs (fixed and variable). Bretton Woods: An international monetary system operating from 1946-1973. The value of the dollar was fixed
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protectionism‚ public ownership‚ persasive corruption and slow growth. Indian economic policy after independence was influenced by colonial experinece‚ which was seen by Indian leaders as exploitative‚ and by those leaders’ exposure to democratic socialism as well as the progress achieved by the economy of the Soviet Union. Domestic ploicy tended towards protectionism‚ with a strong emphasis on import substitution‚ industrialisation‚ economic interventionis‚ a large public sector‚ business regulation‚ and central
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