Thursday, June 4, 2015

Review Questions from 6/2 Class Session

The economic concept that human want & need is infinite while available resources to fulfill those needs are finite

Scarcity

A decrease in income would cause a decrease in: Supply or Demand

Demand

Which way would the demand curve shift if income increases?

The Right

Goods:
Country:
U.S.A.
Iran
Cars
60
20
Oil
45
100

Which country has absolute advantage in oil?

Iran

What type of disequilibrium is caused by minimum wage?

Surplus of labor

Marc goes out with Josue the night before his economic exam.  What is his opportunity cost?

Time for studying

Coke prices go up, what happens to pepsi’s demand?

Increase

Tariffs are placed on Italy.  What happens to Italian imports?

The number of products imported lowers

What measures how much is produced in an economy in a given year?

GDP



What incentive motivates an entrepreneur to take risks?

Profit

U.S.A. wants to increase economic growth what two things should they spend money on?

Education       Innovation
Welfare          Tax Cuts
Exports           Stocks

Education and Innovation

Prices rise, quantity demand decreases =

Law of Demand

Consumer & Producer interaction create what type of price?

Equilibrium

This law states as prices decrease quantity supplied decreases

Law of Supply

If fewer goods are available what will happen to the price of remaining ones?

They will increase

What is the difference between aggregate demand and regular demand?

Aggregate = demand for entire economy vs. one market

Point of interaction equals what type of market price?

Equilibrium




What type of transfer is Medicaid?

In-kind

What do open markets encourage?

Innovation

Andrew puts $100 in a bank with a 10% reserve requirement.  How much can be loaned?

$90

Gertrude was laid off from the play after auto tune microphones were bought.  What type of unemployment is this?

Structural

Dividing a market basket from 1 decade by a market basket from another calculates…

CPI

What market structure is characterized by a large number of producers selling similar but differentiated products?

Monopolistic competition

The combination of goods that can be produced with a set of resources can be drawn on a graph using?

A production possibility curve

If the government sets a price ceiling in a market what occurs?

A shortage

By lowering the money supply the FED is trying to get rid of…

Inflation

Decisions of the FED that determine the money supply are called…

Monetary policies


The measure of how much a change in price affects the quantity demanded…

The elasticity of demand

Name the law:  Prices rise, quantity demand decreases

Law of Demand

If the dollar becomes stronger than other currencies what happens?

Imports increase, exports decrease

The U.S. embargo with Cuba prevents (or restricts)

Trade

If supply and demand increase at the same time what happens to equilibrium quantity?

It will increase

What fiscal policy should be used during high unemployment?

Cut Taxes

A price floor in a market leads to…

A surplus

How can one measure economic growth rate?

Compare GDP from 2 periods

When the dollar depreciates who benefits?

Foreigners

Who plans a command economy?

The government

Reduced demand and factory closing = what type of unemployment?

Cyclical


What is the difference between socialist and communist?

Socialism is the idea that the working class, the class that produces the profits, the wealth, the cars, houses, planes, steel, should take over and run things collectively, democratically, for the benefit of the majority (who also "just happen" to be workers too). In Socialism, the government plays a significant part in central planning, however there are some allowances for private citizens.

Communism is the idea that society should not have classes - exploiters and exploited, oppressors and oppressed, and so on. In a Communist economy all facets of the economy are controlled by the central planners including Factors of Production and Market Structure.

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