Normal Good Inferior Good Complements Substitutes Quantity Supplied Law of Supply Supply Schedule Supply Curve Market Supply Inputs Equilibrium Equilibrium Price Equilibrium Quantity Law of Supply and Demand Shortage Surplus REVIEW QUESTIONS (1) Name 5 things that shift demand. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. (2) Name 5 things that shift supply. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. (3) Why does the demand curve slope downward? (4) Why does the supply curve slope upward? (5) Describe whether the demand increase or
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Sean Davis Macroeconomics Mr. Vincent 1/10/13 “Naked Economics” by Charles Wheelan Economics is on fundamental level of the study of scarcity. Human desires are unlimited‚ but resources aren’t and every society tries to figure out how to allocate its resources for maximum benefit. The field of economics attempts in large part‚ to help understand these resource allocations and decisions. Resources allocated largely according to the forces of supply and demand‚ and prices serve as
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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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thing. He also includes insurance‚ investing‚ and other programs that could result in a major loss of money‚ though not in most cases. He says that this is called behavioral economics‚ which is how natural human behavior can result in poor economic choises‚ or good ones. Wheelan then procedes to talk of how good economic behaviors can make you get “rich quick”. He uses an example of buying a house and selling it for more money. Cases like these are extremely rare‚ and the Author says that this
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data show a positive correlation between political stability and economic growth. a. Through what mechanism could political stability lead to strong economic growth? b. Through what mechanism could strong economic growth lead to political stability? Ans 8 a. Political stability could lead to strong economic growth by making the country attractive to investors. The increased investment would raise economic growth. b. Strong economic growth could lead to political stability because when people have
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desired. Using this method‚ as the author elaborates‚ is really how we determine if the cost of an item costs more than it once did. Along with the importance of cost of living‚ the Real GDP and Real GDP per capita also play an important role in our economic growth. While talking about GDP‚ the author states the feelings of Americans by stating “Indeed‚ if we all believe the economy is likely to get worse‚ then it will get worse. And if we all believe it will get better‚ then it will get better (12)
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the ratio of land to labor in cattle production exceeds the ratio in wheat production in that country. A comparison between another country and the United States is not relevant. Can you use Figure 4-4 to explain the observation in the question above? 3. “The world’s poorest countries cannot find anything to export. There is no resource that is abundant – certainly not capital nor land‚ and in small poor nations not even labor is abundant.” Discuss. This argument misinterprets
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Homework assignment for chapter 5: Problems 5.4 (page 177)‚ 5.4 A die is thrown (1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6) and a coin is tossed (H‚ T). (a) Enumerate the elementary events in the sample space for the die/coin combination. (b) Are the elementary events equally likely? Explain. A) Elementary events are - DIE COIN 1 2 3 4 5 6 HEADS H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 TAILS T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 B) YES‚ EACH EVENT IS EQUALLY LIKELY TO OCCUR. THERE ARE 12 POSSIBLE OUTCOMES AS A RESULT OF ROLLING OE DIE AND
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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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