Assignment 1: Economic Basics (24.0 points) 1. Describe two examples of important things that financial planning skills can help you do‚ and explain why these things are important to you personally. (4-6 sentences. 2.0 points) Making choices about how to spend money responsibly... I know how I am with money. When I get money I automatically want to spend it‚ but I have gotten really better at it since I’ve gotten older. Set financial goals… I think it is a great idea to start setting financial goals
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Economics Definition 1) Scarcity- the limited nature of society’s resources 2) Economics- the study of how society manages it’s scarce resources 3) Efficiency- the property of society getting the most it can from it’s scarce resources 4) Equality- the property of distributing economics prosperity uniformly among the members of society 5) Opportunity cost- whatever must be given up or forgone to obtain some item 6) Rational people- people who systematically and purposefully
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Economic development Economic development is the development of standard of living of humans. Development in infrastructure‚ health‚ industry‚ education‚ and financial institutions are parts of economic development. Average income of a person‚ life expectancy at birth‚ literacy rate‚ etc. are measurements of economic development. In order to increase the standard of living infrastructure facilities should be developed. Developments in roads‚ irrigation systems are a part of economic development
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ASSIGNMENT 1 DIPECO03 Basic Economics Question 1 Flow of Goods and Services Flow of Cash EXAMPLES OF TRANSACTIONS ON MARKET FOR GOODS AND SERVICES Question 1(a) and 1(c) EXAMPLES OF TRANSACTIONS ON MARKET FOR FACTOR OF PRODUCTION Question 1(b) and 1(d) Question 2 Consider the market for minivans. For each of the events listed here‚ identify which of the determinants of demand or supply
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Economic Systems Numerous and diverse economic systems have been established throughout the course of global history‚ impacting society in various ways. Many of these systems include manorialism‚ capitalism‚ communism‚ market economy‚ and many more. An economic system that has greatly influenced a specific region and its society is communism‚ established in Russia during the Russian Revolution. During and after World War I‚ Russia was in chaos due to the opposition of czarist rule‚ economic hardships
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Meaning Scope Features Uses Limitations Post : Gaurav Akrani Date : 11/10/2010 08:36:00 PM IST No Comments Labels : Economics‚ Study Notes Study of Economics - Micro & Macro Economics The study of economics is divided by the modern economists into two parts viz. Micro economics and Macro economics. This division is shown in the figure / chart above. Micro economics and Macro economics‚ both the terms were used in 1933 by Prof. Ragnar Frisch from Oslo University of Norway. The word micro has been
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Tahania Rashid MBA 6008 – Global Economic Environment September 14‚ 2014 Unit 3 Assignment 1 Chapter 9 - Problem 3‚ pg. 219 Q: You are a newspaper publisher. You are in the middle of a one- year rental contract for your factory that requires you to pay $ 500‚000 per month‚ and you have contractual labor obligations of $ 1 million per month that you can’t get out of. You also have a marginal printing cost of $ 0.35 per paper as well as a marginal delivery cost of $ 0.10
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movements in operating centres‚ which may alter their home currency (Buckley‚ 2004‚ pg.143) giving rise to exchange rate fluctuations and risks. Therefore Eurojet exposure to exchange rate fluctuations will come in three forms: transaction exposure‚ economic exposure‚ and translation exposure. In addition‚ these different exposures will be analysed by applying to Eurojet. Transaction exposure Transaction exposure occurs because; a payable or receivable is denominated in a foreign currency (Buckley
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Managerial Economics & Business Strategy Chapter 3 Quantitative Demand Analysis Michael R. Baye‚ Managerial Economics and Business Strategy‚ 6e. ©The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc.‚ 2008 The Elasticity Concept • How responsive is variable “G” to a change in variable “S” EG ‚ S % ΔG = % ΔS If EG‚S > 0‚ then S and G are directly related. If EG‚S < 0‚ then S and G are inversely related. If EG‚S = 0‚ then S and G are unrelated. Michael R. Baye‚ Managerial Economics and Business Strategy
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ECONOMIC VALUE Hong Kong prides itself as an open and international city with a level playing field for all. If we really want to be a world class city like New York‚ London or Toronto‚ we would need to demonstrate our tolerance and be receptive of people coming from diverse backgrounds. Literally we need to put our money where our mouth is‚ not just pay lip service to it but guarantee it by law. Hong Kong is a very multiracial society. We have many kinds of Chinese alone: Hong Kong Chinese‚ Mainland
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