Tài liệu Ten Principles of Economics - Part 58 doc

... com- pared with 57 percent of nonunion workers, said Barry Bluestone, a labor- friendly economics professor at the Uni- versity of Massachusetts. The conclusion draws no argument even from Prof. ... some of them and offered each a $500 bonus if they found new jobs within 11 weeks. This group was then com- pared to a control group not offered the incentive. The average spell of unemp...

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... elastic) Quantity of Apartments 0 Supply Controlled rent Shortage Rental Price of Apartment 0 Rental Price of Apartment Quantity of Apartments Demand Supply Controlled rent Shortage Demand Figure 6-3 R ENT C ONTROL ... Binding $4 3 Quantity of Ice-Cream Cones 0 Price of Ice-Cream Cone 100 Equilibrium quantity (b) A Price Ceiling That Is Binding $3 Quantity of Ice-Cream Cones...

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... line. Many are teenagers from middle-class homes working at part- time jobs for extra spending money. EVALUATING PRICE CONTROLS One of the Ten Principles of Economics discussed in Chapter 1 is ... left (or, equiva- lently, downward), as shown in Figure 6-6 . tax incidence the study of who bears the burden of taxation $3.30 3.00 2.80 Quantity of Ice-Cream Cones 0 Price of...

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... Intel stock is a part owner of Intel; the owner of an Intel bond is a creditor of the corporation. If Intel is very profitable, the stockholders en- joy the benefits of these profits, whereas the ... to the profits that the firm makes. For example, if Intel sells a total of 1,000,000 shares of stock, then each share represents owner- ship of 1/1,000,000 of the business. The...

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... are often skeptical of this second argument. With thousands of money managers paying close attention to each company’s prospects, the price of a company’s stock is usually a good reflection of ... U.S. policymakers view the low level of U.S. saving as a major problem. One of the Ten Principles of Economics in Chapter 1 is that a country’s standard of living depends on it...

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... supply can profoundly affect the economy. One of the Ten Principles of Economics in Chapter 1 is that prices rise when the government prints too much money. Another of the Ten Principles of Economics ... 617 On the left-hand side of the T-account are the bank’s assets of $100 (the reserves it holds in its vaults). On the right-hand side of the T-account are the bank’...

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... States would not tolerate the “flooding of our markets” with low-cost goods from Asia and Rus- sia, particularly steel, that are threaten- ing the jobs of American workers. The President’s statement ... force here that may lead to a softening of the Russian position: namely Russian consumers. Russian consumers favor the Amer- ican birds, which despite the dire warn- ings of the Russia...

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... type of technology policy that most economists endorse is patent pro- tection. The patent laws protect the rights of inventors by giving them exclusive use of their inventions for a period of time. ... foundations in part because education has positive externalities for society. The private market can often solve the problem of externalities by relying on the self-interest of th...

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... of October to 6.6 percent at the end of the month. In part because of the Fed’s quick action, the economy avoided a reces- sion. While the Fed keeps an eye on the stock market, stock-market participants also ... tightening of monetary policy risks pushing the economy into a recession, which reduces profits. As a result, stock prices often fall when the Fed raises interest rates. 736...

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