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Chapter 20 - Agriculture: Economics and policy. In this chapter, we start by looking at the economics of agriculture, investigating the elasticity of demand and price trends of agricultural goods. We will then examine reasons that the farming industry has been declining, using supply and demand analysis to explain this as well as the repercussions of the changes in the market. We will also discuss the types and outcomes of government...

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Chapter COI1 - The United States in the global economy. This chapter presents the following content: International linkages, world trade, rapid trade growth, United States trade, specialization, comparative advantage, exchange rates,...

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Chapter 19 - Antitrust policy and regulation. In this chapter we will examine the laws that reflect the foundation of antitrust policy in the U.S., along with the application of the antitrust laws by the U.S. courts. We will then look at industrial regulation of natural monopolies, examining the case for and against industrial regulation as well as the results of deregulation. Lastly, we will look at social regulation and how it differs from...

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This chapter describes the extent of legal and illegal immigration into the United States. We discuss why economists view economic immigration as personal human capital investment. We also attempt to explain how immigration affects average wages, resource allocation, domestic output, and group income shares. We relate how illegal immigration affects employment and discuss its impacts on state and local government budgets.

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Chapter 21 - Income inequality, poverty and discrimination. In this chapter we will explore income inequality and actions that can be taken by government to try to correct income inequality, using the Lorenz curve and Gini ratio to help with this evaluation. We will then define poverty and look at how it affects different groups. We will also discuss government programs to aid families in poverty. Lastly we analyze discrimination and how...

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In this chapter we will begin by distinguishing between industrially advanced countries and developing countries. We will look at the differences in incomes and GDP and the impact of poverty on humanity. Developing countries often face large obstacles to growth, so we will investigate these obstacles. Lastly we will discuss the role of government in the developing countries’ economies as well as the role of the industrially advanced economies.

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Chapter 24 - International trade. In this chapter we will take a look at some key facts about international trade and then start evaluating international trade using comparative advantage. We will also use demand and supply curves to explain how countries determine which goods they will import, which goods they will export, and the price that is charged for these goods. Lastly we will look at trade barriers and how they impact the outcomes...

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This chapter takes a look at a country’s balance of payments, which essentially records all transactions that take place between one country and all the others. In this discussion, we will investigate how official reserves are used to ensure that the balance of payments does balance. Then we will look at how exchange rates are determined and different types of exchange rate systems. Lastly, we will learn about U.S. trade deficits and...

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Chapter 3 - Competitive dynamics and government, after this chapter, you will be able to: Describe price elasticity of demand, its relation to other demand elasticities, and its impact on sellers' revenues; define price elasticity of supply and identify the links between production periods and supply; identify how price elasticities of demand and supply determine the impact of an excise tax on consumers and producers.

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Chapter 4 - Costs of production. In this chapter you will: consider the major organizational forms of business—sole proprietorships, partnerships, and corporations; learn about economic costs (explicit and implicit) of production and economic profit analyze short-run (total, average, and marginal) products, and the law of diminishing marginal returns; derive short-run (total, average, and marginal) costs; examine long-run results of...

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Chapter 2 - Demand and supply, after this chapter, you will be able to: Describe the nature of demand, changes in quantity demanded, changes in demand, and the factors that affect demand; summarize the nature of supply, changes in quantity supplied, changes in supply, and the factors that affect supply; explain how markets reach equilibrium-the point at which demand and supply meet.

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Chapter 11 - Economic fluctuations. In this chapter you will: Learn about aggregate demand and the factors that affect it, analyze aggregate supply and the factors that influence it, study the economy’s equilibrium and how it differs from its potential.

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Từ khóa: Understanding economics, Lecture Understanding economics, Economic problem, Economic systems, Economic fluctuations, Aggregate demand