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AP Econ in the News
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Change:A recent survey shows that the price of gas is actually more pressing to Americans than other seemingly more important concerns like work and medical
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The Case for Protection
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Apr 29 2008, 8:06 AM EDT |
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Change: In fact, dumping is considered an unfair trade practice and as such, most nations have banned it. Cheap foreign labor argument:Argument: Domestic firms and workers must be shielded from the ruinous competition of countries where wages are lower. If protection is not provided, cheap
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Trade Barriers
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Apr 29 2008, 8:03 AM EDT |
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Change:revenues; these usually go to the foreign producers instead. Nontariff Barrier: a method of restricting imports by implementing specific safety and quality standards or lengthy and unnecessary red tape. for example: certain countries require their domestic importers to obtain
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The Economic Basis for Trade
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Apr 29 2008, 7:59 AM EDT |
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Change: (Germany, USA)Regardless labor, land, or capital intesity in a nation, any nation may have a niche in trading certain products based on the unique qualities of those products.Thus, by allowing specialization to occur through trade, in which countries
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AP Econ in the News - Macro Unit IV and V: Inflation, Unemployment, and Economic Growth
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Apr 12 2008, 10:10 AM EDT |
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Change:Consumer confidence in the states has fallen to a new low, as if things weren't already bad enough for the economy. This was caused because
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From Short-run to Long-run Aggregate Supply
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Apr 12 2008, 8:08 AM EDT |
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Change:level (thus its perfect inelasticity). Increase in price level means worker's real wages have declined (determined by nominal wages divided by price level). In response, workers advocate
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Applying the Extended AD/AS Model
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Apr 12 2008, 8:06 AM EDT |
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Change:In the long run, there is no growth in real domestic output. Instead, output remains the same put price level increases! Cost-push inflation Increase in the per-unit production costs shifts the AS curve to the left, thereby creating cost-push inflation Leftward shift of AS curve is the initiating cause of
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Is Growth Desirable and Sustainable?
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Apr 12 2008, 8:03 AM EDT |
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Change: As a matter of fact, such is the case in several other parts of the world. The requisite for solving the problem is commitment and political courage to redistribute wealth and income, not further increases in output. If one resources became too costly
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The Functions of Money
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Mar 18 2008, 10:23 AM EDT |
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Change: moneymoney) toextremely quickly in the purchase of a new m3 player because it is a quick exchange or trade. A house, however, is not liquid because there is so much involved in "liquidating" it; that is, time and legal spendpaperwork. Therefore, "money is what money does".
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The Supply of Money
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Mar 18 2008, 10:20 AM EDT |
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Change:of time to liquidate or a penalty payment add MMMFs because businesses can move funds to checkable deposits like MMMFs hold by individuals (MMMF= money market mutual funds) *NOTE: All of the above are in top-down order of most liquid to least liquid.
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Fiscal Policy and the AD/AS Model
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Mar 18 2008, 10:17 AM EDT |
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Change:(in other words, maintain its size) believe: Increased government spending during recessions Tax increases during demand-pull inflation Economists who want to reduce or contain the government believe: Tax cuts during recessions Reduced government spending during times of demand-pull inflation NOTE: Since the actual economy is
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Macro Unit 3 AP Economics in the News:
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Mar 18 2008, 10:01 AM EDT |
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Change:This article explains Ben Bernanke and the Fed's attempt to aggressively combat the US's impending (if not current) recession. Higher food costs as a result
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The Interest Rate - Investment Relationship
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Mar 2 2008, 3:43 AM EST |
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Change:Depending on expectations for the future, a firm may choose to fix capital rather than purchase new units, thus spending less. Irregularity of innovation When there is a new advancement in technology, this causes a surge in capital investment; however, innovation occurs at irregular times Variability of Profits Future
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The Income Consumption / Income Saving Relationship
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Mar 2 2008, 3:37 AM EST |
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Change:There were only format changes (bold, italics, etc.) in this version. See this version for details.
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The Income Consumption / Income Saving Relationship
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Mar 2 2008, 3:36 AM EST |
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Change:Note that if a consumer's income changed by a certain percentage, their propensity to spend does NOT always change in accordance with it. MPC and MPS as Slopes The MPC and MPS are the numerical values of the slopes of the consumption and savings schedule, respectively. Nonincome determinants
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Aggregate Demand
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Mar 2 2008, 3:30 AM EST |
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Change: Keep in mind that wealth also includes physical assets such as houses and cars; as such, a fall in the value of housing will diminish the wealth of homeowners. Simply put, a lower price level makes you seem wealthier while a higher price level makes you seem less wealthy. The
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Macro Unit II AP Econ in the News
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Mar 2 2008, 3:25 AM EST |
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Change:This article highlights the massive consumer purchasing slowdowns in recent months. Apparently, consumer spending has not been so weak since 2001 when the US was
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AP Econ in the News - Unit 4 "Market Failure"
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Jan 20 2008, 2:48 AM EST |
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Change:Ddepending on whether you support John McCain, this may or may not be a good thing. His win in south Carolina, was an important one
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Oligopoly and Advertising
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Nov 17 2007, 10:19 PM EST |
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Change:Can increase demand for a certain product by altering tastes & preferences of consumers or changing their expectations.Negative Effects of AdsManipulate or persuade consumers by altering preferencesSometimes convey little or no info on the productMisleading and extravagant claims that confuse and influence consumersMay create
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Characteristics of Oligopoly
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Nov 17 2007, 10:14 PM EST |
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Change:industry and companies such as Nokia or Motorola in the cell phone industry, as well as companies in the video game console market.Homogenous OR differentiated productsSome oligopolistic industries offer homogenous, or standardized, products, e.g. those of steel,
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