Curve Part 1 – Check Your Understanding- The economy of Macrostan can produce only two goods: chips and pretzels. At any given period of time, the people of Macrostan may choose to produce only chips, only pretzels, or a combination of the two according to the table below. *For consistency put chips on the y […]
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List the four types of unemployment. Under each one give a brief example, from your work-life, or the work life of someone you know, of experiencing that particular type of unemployment.Explain.
List the four types of unemployment. Under each one give a brief example, from your work-life, or the work life of someone you know, of experiencing that particular type of unemployment. Make sure that your explanation is detailed enough so it is clear to the reader which type of unemployment you were experiencing.
What do you consider as the major economic challenges facing our society today and in particular your generation?
Answer the following Questions in one paragraph each. Answer the question completely with examples to illustrate your point Due 9/27 1. What do you consider the strongest objections to capitalism and why? 2. What do you consider the strongest moral considerations of capitalism and why? 3. How do Capitalists operate in our economic system and […]
Describe what criteria you used to make your decisions. For example, you chose to adopt long-term thinking even if it meant making expensive choices in the short-term; or that you decided to follow a balanced strategy where each choice you made balanced outcomes in the near term with that in the future. Provide examples of how the criteria you adopted influenced your decisions.
1. Play a simulation from Financial Times called “Purpose-Profit Trade-off”. Click Purpose-Profit Gamethe simulation. You can play as many times as you like. Your discussion post needs to take into consideration all your tries and answer the following questions. Refer to the Discussion Rubric to formulate your response. 2. Describe your final results. Take a […]
Provide an overview of the forecasts and explain their use by the manufacturers and the broader aviation industry.
The objective of this and the other written assignments in the course is to show how the managerial economic theory and tools presented in your textbook are applied to current airline industry problems. Airbus and Boeing publish annual forecasts for the global growth of air transportation and the market for commercial aircraft over the next […]
What are 2–3 relationships between the economic concern you selected and that specific country’s economy?Discuss.
As an employee of a company that is considering investing in a foreign economy, you have been asked to research a country and make a presentation to your colleagues about an area of economic concern in the country. Select a country in Africa, Asia, or Latin America to research. Select 1 of the following economic […]
Explain Has the integration of global markets led to the disintegration of the multinational firm as the main coordinating unit of international production?
Topic: “Has the integration of global markets led to the disintegration of the multinational firm as the main coordinating unit of international production?” Answer in reference to one industry of your choice. Paper details: please refer to question 1 on the word documents
What nation has an absolute advantage in producing either or both goods? Explain briefly
Write a brief 4-page long, 12-sized Arial font and doubled- spaced essay in MLA style for Works Cited containing at least 3-4 sources of information where you react to the following two scenarios- Both scenarios together should have a length of 4 typewritten pages in length plus bibliography-You may use in-text citations or/and footnotes in your narrative. Be reminded that […]
What surprised you, particularly interested you, or confused you about the reading? What doyou think it suggests about the ways that the economic approach might differ from otherdisciplines? How does that relate to what we’ve been studying in the first couple of topics in ourcourse?
Mario L. Small and Devah Pager’s article “Sociological Perspectives on Racial Discrimination”.For our three required reading responses this semester, I’ve selected articles in the Journal of Economic Perspectives by people who are, to some degree or another, not “economists”! The goal is to further our learning goal to critically analyze economic models rather than just […]
What are 2 concepts, ideas or issues in the article that you had difficulty understanding, or that are missing but should have been included? In your own words, briefly explain what you did to correct the situation (e.g. looked up an unfamiliar word or a missing fact), and the result.
Question 1: In your own words, what are the 3 most important concepts, ideas or issues in the reading? Concept 1 Concept 2 Concept 3 Question 2: What are 2 concepts, ideas or issues in the article that you had difficulty understanding, or that are missing but should have been included? In your own words, […]
