Chapter 10: Economic Fluctuations, Unemployment, and InflationChapter Objectives Examine the business cycle Consider various business cycle theories Show how economic forecasting is done Measure the GDP gap Learn how the unemployment rate is computed Look at the types of unemployment Construct a consumer price index Consider the theories of inflation
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Chapter 9: Gross Domestic ProductChapter Objectives What is GDP? How is GDP measured? What are the national income accounts? What is the difference between GDP and real GDP? How does our GDP compare to those of other nations? How is per capita GDP calculated? What are the shortcomings of GDP as a measure of national economic well-being?
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Chapter 8: The Export-Import SectorChapter Objectives The basis for international trade U. S. imports and exports A summing up: C + I + G + Xn The world’s leading trading nations World trade agreements and free-trade zones
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Chapter 7: The Government SectorChapter Objectives Government spending The graphing of the C + I + G line Types of taxes The average and marginal tax rates Sources of government revenue Principles of taxation The economic role of government
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Chapter 6: The Business-Investment SectorChapter Objectives The three types of business firms How investment is carried out The difference between gross investment and net investment How capital is accumulated The determinants of the level of investment The graphing of the C + I line
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Chapter 5: The Consumption SectorChapter Objectives The average propensity to consume The average propensity to save The marginal propensity to consume The marginal propensity to save The consumption function The saving function The determinants of consumption The permanent income hypothesis
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Chapter 4: The Mixed EconomyChapter Objectives The three questions of economics Profit motive, price mechanism, and capital The circular flow model Market failure and externalities The economic role of capital The importance of specialization The major “isms” capitalism, fascism, communism, and socialism The decline and fall of the communist system
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Chapter 3: Supply and DemandChapter Objectives Define and explain demand in a product or service market Define and explain supply Determine the equilibrium point in the market for a specific good, given data on supply and demand at different price levels
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Chapter 2: Resource UtilizationChapter Objectives Definition of economics Central fact of economics The four economic resources Opportunity cost Full employment Full production Productive and allocative efficiency Enabling the economy to grow The law of increasing cost
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Chapter 1: A Brief Economic History of the United StatesChapter Objectives How we did we grow from a primarily agriculture nation of 4 million people to an industrial power of 275 million? How the Civil War, World War I, and World War II affected our economy How our nation was shaped by suburbanization after World War II What major factors affected our economic growth decade by decade from the 1920s...
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