Section 1: Basic Economic Concepts |
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Module 1 The Study of Economics |
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Individual Choice: The Core of Economics |
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Opportunity Cost: The Real Cost of Something Is What You Must Give Up to Get It |
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Microeconomics Versus Macroeconomics |
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Positive Versus Normative Economics |
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When and Why Economists Disagree |
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Module 2 Introduction to Macroeconomics |
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Employment, Unemployment, and the Business Cycle |
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Aggregate Output and the Business Cycle |
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Inflation, Deflation, and Price Stability |
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The Use of Models in Economics |
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Module 3 The Production Possibilities Curve Model |
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Trade-offs: The Production Possibilities Curve |
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Module 4 Comparative Advantage and Trade |
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Comparative Advantage and Gains from Trade |
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Mutually Beneficial Terms of Trade |
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Comparative Advantage and International Trade |
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AP® Exam Practice Questions |
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Section 1 Appendix Graphs in Economics |
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economics by example: What's to Love About Economics? |
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Section 2: Supply And Demand |
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Module 5 Supply and Demand: Introduction and Demand |
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The Demand Schedule and the Demand Curve |
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Shifts of the Demand Curve |
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Module 6 Supply and Demand: Supply |
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The Supply Schedule and the Supply Curve |
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Shifts of the Supply Curve |
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Module 7 Supply and Demand: Equilibrium |
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Supply, Demand, and Equilibrium |
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Finding the Equilibrium Price and Quantity |
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Using Equilibrium to Describe Markets |
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Changes in Supply and Demand |
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What Happens When the Demand Curve Shifts |
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What Happens When the Supply Curve Shifts |
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Simultaneous Shifts of Supply and Demand Curves |
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Module 8 Supply and Demand: Price Controls (Ceilings and Floors) |
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Why Governments Control Prices |
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Module 9 Supply and Demand: Quantity Controls |
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The Anatomy of Quantity Controls |
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The Costs of Quantity Controls |
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AP® Exam Practice Questions |
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economics by example: The Coffee Market's Hot; Why Are Bean Prices Not? |
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Section 3: Economic Indicators And The Business Cycle |
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Module 10 The Circular Flow and Gross Domestic Product |
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The Circular-Flow Diagram |
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107 | (4) |
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Module 11 Interpreting Real Gross Domestic Product |
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Creating the National Accounts |
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Real GDP: A Measure of Aggregate Output |
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What Real GDP Doesn't Measure |
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Module 12 The Meaning and Calculation of Unemployment |
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Defining and Measuring Unemployment |
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The Significance of the Unemployment Rate |
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Module 13 The Causes and Categories of Unemployment |
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Unemployment in the Economy |
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Job Creation and Job Destruction |
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124 | (1) |
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125 | (1) |
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126 | (2) |
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Cyclical Unemployment and the Natural Rate of Unemployment |
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128 | (1) |
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Changes in the Natural Rate of Unemployment |
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129 | (2) |
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131 | (1) |
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131 | (1) |
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Module 14 Inflation: An Overview |
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The Level of Prices Doesn't Matter... |
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...But the Rate of Change of Prices Does |
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Winners and Losers from Inflation |
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Inflation Is Easy; Disinflation Is Hard |
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Module 15 The Measurement and Calculation of Inflation |
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Price Indexes and the Aggregate Price Level |
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Market Baskets and Price Indexes |
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147 | (2) |
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AP® Exam Practice Questions |
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149 | (3) |
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economics by example: How Can GDP Be Up When We're Feeling Down? |
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Section 4: National Income And Price Determination |
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Module 16 Income and Expenditure |
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157 | (9) |
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157 | (1) |
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Current Disposable Income and Consumer Spending |
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157 | (1) |
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Shifts of the Aggregate Consumption Function |
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158 | (1) |
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159 | (1) |
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The Interest Rate and Investment Spending |
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160 | (1) |
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Expected Future Real GDP, Production Capacity, and Investment Spending |
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161 | (1) |
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Inventories and Unplanned Investment Spending |
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161 | (1) |
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The Spending Multiplier: An Informal Introduction |
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165 | (1) |
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Module 17 Aggregate Demand: Introduction and Determinants |
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166 | (8) |
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166 | (1) |
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Why Is the Aggregate Demand Curve Downward-Sloping? |
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167 | (2) |
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Shifts of the Aggregate Demand Curve |
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169 | (3) |
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172 | (1) |
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Module 18 Aggregate Supply: Introduction and Determinants |
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174 | (10) |
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174 | (1) |
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The Short-Run Aggregate Supply Curve |
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174 | (2) |
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Shifts of the Short-Run Aggregate Supply Curve |
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176 | (2) |
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The Long-Run Aggregate Supply Curve |
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178 | (3) |
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From the Short Run to the Long Run |
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181 | (1) |
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182 | (1) |
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182 | (2) |
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Module 19 Equilibrium in the Aggregate Demand-Aggregate Supply Model |
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184 | (7) |
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184 | (1) |
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Short-Run Macroeconomic Equilibrium |
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184 | (3) |
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Long-Run Macroeconomic Equilibrium |
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187 | (3) |
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190 | (1) |
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190 | (1) |
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Module 20 Economic Policy and the Aggregate Demand-Aggregate Supply Model |
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191 | (9) |
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191 | (1) |
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Policy in the Face of Demand Shocks |
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192 | (1) |
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Responding to Supply Shocks |
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192 | (1) |
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Is Stabilization Policy Stabilizing? |
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193 | (1) |
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Fiscal Policy: The Basics |
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194 | (1) |
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Taxes and Government Spending |
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194 | (2) |
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The Government Budget and Total Spending |
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196 | (1) |
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Expansionary and Contractionary Fiscal Policy |
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196 | (2) |
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A Cautionary Note: Lags in Fiscal Policy |
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198 | (1) |
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199 | (1) |
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199 | (1) |
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Module 21 Fiscal Policy and Multiplier Effects |
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200 | (15) |
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The Spending Multiplier and Estimates of the Influence of Government Policy |
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200 | (1) |
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Multiplier Effects of Changes in Government Purchases |
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200 | (1) |
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Multiplier Effects of Changes in Government Transfers and Taxes |
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201 | (2) |
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How Taxes Affect the Multiplier |
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203 | (1) |
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204 | (1) |
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204 | (2) |
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206 | (2) |
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AP® Exam Practice Questions |
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208 | (3) |
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economics by example: How Much Debt Is Too Much? |
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211 | (4) |
Section 5: The Financial Sector |
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Module 22 Saving, Investment, and the Financial System |
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216 | (8) |
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Matching Up Savings and Investment Spending |
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216 | (1) |
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The Savings-Investment Spending Identity |
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216 | (2) |
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218 | (1) |
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Three Tasks of a Financial System |
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218 | (2) |
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Types of Financial Assets |
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220 | (1) |
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221 | (2) |
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223 | (1) |
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223 | (1) |
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Module 23 The Definition and Measurement of Money |
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224 | (5) |
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224 | (1) |
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224 | (1) |
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225 | (1) |
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226 | (1) |
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Measuring the Money Supply |
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227 | (1) |
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228 | (1) |
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228 | (1) |
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Module 24 The Time Value of Money |
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229 | (6) |
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The Concept of Present Value |
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229 | (1) |
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Borrowing, Lending, and Interest |
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229 | (1) |
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230 | (1) |
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Present Value in the Long Run |
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231 | (1) |
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232 | (2) |
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234 | (1) |
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234 | (1) |
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Module 25 Banking and Money Creation |
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235 | (8) |
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The Monetary Role of Banks |
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235 | (1) |
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235 | (1) |
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236 | (1) |
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237 | (1) |
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Determining the Money Supply |
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238 | (1) |
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238 | (2) |
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Reserves, Bank Deposits, and the Money Multiplier |
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240 | (1) |
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The Money Multiplier in Reality |
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241 | (1) |
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242 | (1) |
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242 | (1) |
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Module 26 The Federal Reserve System: The U.S. Central Bank |
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243 | (7) |
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The Federal Reserve System |
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243 | (1) |
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An Overview of the Twenty-First Century American Banking System |
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244 | (1) |
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Crisis in American Banking at the Turn of the Twentieth Century |
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244 | (1) |
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Responding to Banking Crises: The Creation of the Federal Reserve |
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245 | (1) |
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245 | (1) |
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The Effectiveness of the Federal Reserve System |
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246 | (1) |
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The Savings and Loan Crisis of the 1980s |
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247 | (1) |
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Back to the Future: The Financial Crisis of 2008 |
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248 | (1) |
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248 | (1) |
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249 | (1) |
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Module 27 Central Banks and Monetary Policy |
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250 | (5) |
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The Federal Reserve System |
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250 | (1) |
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The Functions of the Federal Reserve System |
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250 | (1) |
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251 | (1) |
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251 | (1) |
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251 | (1) |
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252 | (1) |
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The European Central Bank |
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253 | (1) |
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254 | (1) |
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254 | (1) |
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Module 28 The Money Market |
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255 | (9) |
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255 | (1) |
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The Opportunity Cost of Holding Money |
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255 | (1) |
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Short-Term and Long-Term Interest Rates |
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256 | (1) |
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257 | (1) |
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Shifts of the Money Demand Curve |
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258 | (2) |
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260 | (1) |
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The Equilibrium Interest Rate |
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260 | (1) |
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Two Models of the Interest Rate |
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261 | (1) |
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262 | (1) |
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262 | (2) |
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Module 29 The Market for Loanable Funds |
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264 | (20) |
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The Market for Loanable Funds |
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264 | (1) |
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The Equilibrium Interest Rate |
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264 | (6) |
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Reconciling the Two Interest Rate Models |
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270 | (1) |
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The Interest Rate in the Short Run |
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270 | (2) |
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The Interest Rate in the Long Run |
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272 | (1) |
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273 | (1) |
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273 | (2) |
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275 | (2) |
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AP® Exam Practice Questions |
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277 | (3) |
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economics by example: How Should We Wield the Tool of Monetary Policy? |
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280 | (4) |
Section 6: Long-Run Consequences Of Stabilization Policies |
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284 | (63) |
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The Fed as First Responder |
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284 | (1) |
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Module 30 Long-Run Implications of Fiscal Policy: Deficits and the Public Debt |
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285 | (9) |
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285 | (1) |
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The Budget Balance as a Measure of Fiscal Policy |
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285 | (1) |
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The Business Cycle and the Cyclically Adjusted Budget Balance |
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286 | (1) |
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Should the Budget Be Balanced? |
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287 | (1) |
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Long-Run Implications of Fiscal Policy |
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288 | (1) |
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Deficits, Surpluses, and Debt |
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288 | (1) |
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Problems Posed by Rising Government Debt |
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289 | (1) |
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Deficits and Debt in Practice |
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290 | (1) |
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291 | (1) |
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292 | (1) |
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293 | (1) |
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Module 31 Monetary Policy and the Interest Rate |
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294 | (6) |
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Monetary Policy and the Interest Rate |
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294 | (1) |
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Monetary Policy and Aggregate Demand |
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295 | (1) |
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Expansionary and Contractionary Monetary Policy |
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296 | (1) |
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Monetary Policy in Practice |
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296 | (2) |
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298 | (1) |
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299 | (1) |
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299 | (1) |
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Module 32 Money, Output, and Prices in the Long Run |
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300 | (5) |
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Money, Output, and Prices |
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300 | (1) |
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Short-Run and Long-Run Effects of an Increase in the Money Supply |
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301 | (1) |
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302 | (1) |
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Changes in the Money Supply and the Interest Rate in the Long Run |
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302 | (1) |
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303 | (1) |
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304 | (1) |
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Module 33 Types of Inflation, Disinflation, and Deflation |
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305 | (6) |
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305 | (1) |
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The Classical Model of Money and Prices |
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305 | (2) |
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307 | (1) |
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The Logic of Hyperinflation |
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308 | (1) |
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Moderate Inflation and Disinflation |
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309 | (1) |
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310 | (1) |
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310 | (1) |
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Module 34 Inflation and Unemployment: The Phillips Curve |
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311 | (11) |
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The Output Gap and the Unemployment Rate |
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311 | (1) |
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The Short-Run Phillips Curve |
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312 | (3) |
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Inflation Expectations and the Short-Run Phillips Curve |
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315 | (1) |
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Inflation and Unemployment in the Long Run |
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316 | (1) |
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The Long-Run Phillips Curve |
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317 | (1) |
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The Natural Rate of Unemployment, Revisited |
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318 | (1) |
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The Costs of Disinflation |
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318 | (1) |
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319 | (1) |
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319 | (1) |
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Effects of Expected Deflation |
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319 | (1) |
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320 | (1) |
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320 | (2) |
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Module 35 History and Alternative Views of Macroeconomics |
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322 | (11) |
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322 | (1) |
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Money and the Price Level |
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322 | (1) |
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322 | (1) |
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The Great Depression and the Keynesian Revolution |
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323 | (1) |
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323 | (1) |
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Policy to Fight Recessions |
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324 | (1) |
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Challenges to Keynesian Economics |
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325 | (1) |
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The Revival of the Monetary Policy |
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326 | (1) |
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326 | (3) |
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Inflation and the Natural Rate of Unemployment |
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329 | (1) |
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The Political Business Cycle |
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329 | (1) |
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Rational Expectations, Real Business Cycles, and New Classical Macroeconomics |
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330 | (1) |
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330 | (1) |
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331 | (1) |
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331 | (1) |
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332 | (1) |
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Module 36 Consensus and Conflict in Modern Macroeconomics |
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333 | (14) |
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333 | (1) |
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Five Key Questions About Macroeconomic Policy |
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333 | (2) |
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335 | (1) |
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336 | (1) |
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337 | (1) |
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338 | (2) |
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AP® Exam Practice Questions |
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340 | (3) |
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economics by example: Will Technology Put Everyone Out of Work? |
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343 | (4) |
Section 7: Consequences Of Public Policy For Economic Growth |
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347 | (42) |
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347 | (1) |
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Module 37 Long-Run Economic Growth |
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348 | (7) |
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Comparing Economies Across Time and Space |
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348 | (1) |
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348 | (2) |
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When Did Long-Run Growth Begin? |
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350 | (1) |
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351 | (1) |
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The Sources of Long-Run Growth |
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352 | (1) |
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The Crucial Importance of Productivity |
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352 | (1) |
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Explaining Growth in Productivity |
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352 | (1) |
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353 | (1) |
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353 | (2) |
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Module 38 Productivity and Growth |
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355 | (9) |
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Economic Growth and the Aggregate Production Function |
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355 | (1) |
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The Law of Diminishing Returns |
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355 | (2) |
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Growth Accounting and Total Factor Productivity |
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357 | (2) |
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What About Natural Resources? |
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359 | (1) |
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Success, Disappointment, and Failure |
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360 | (1) |
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360 | (1) |
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Latin America's Disappointment |
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361 | (1) |
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361 | (1) |
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362 | (1) |
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362 | (2) |
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Module 39 Growth Policy: Why Economic Growth Rates Differ |
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364 | (9) |
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364 | (1) |
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Explaining Differences in Growth Rates |
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364 | (2) |
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The Role of Government in Promoting Economic Growth |
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366 | (1) |
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Is World Growth Sustainable? |
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367 | (1) |
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Natural Resources and Growth, Revisited |
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368 | (2) |
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Economic Growth and the Environment |
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370 | (2) |
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372 | (1) |
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372 | (1) |
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Module 40 Economic Growth in Macroeconomic Models |
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373 | (16) |
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Long-Run Economic Growth and the Production Possibilities Curve |
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374 | (2) |
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Long-Run Economic Growth and the Aggregate Demand-Aggregate Supply Model |
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376 | (1) |
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Distinguishing Between Long-Run Growth and Short-Run Fluctuations |
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376 | (2) |
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Supply-Side Fiscal Policies and Economic Growth |
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378 | (1) |
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379 | (1) |
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379 | (2) |
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381 | (1) |
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AP® Exam Practice Questions |
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382 | (3) |
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economics by example: Why Are Some Countries Rich and Others Poor? |
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385 | (4) |
Section 8: International Trade And Finance |
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389 | (50) |
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A Roller Coaster Ride for the Exchange Rate |
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389 | (1) |
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Module 41 Capital Flows and the Balance of Payments |
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390 | (9) |
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Capital Flows and the Balance of Payments |
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390 | (1) |
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Balance of Payments Accounts |
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390 | (3) |
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Modeling the Financial Account |
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393 | (3) |
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Underlying Determinants of International Capital Flows |
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396 | (1) |
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396 | (1) |
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397 | (1) |
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397 | (2) |
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Module 42 The Foreign Exchange Market |
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399 | (8) |
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The Role of the Exchange Rate |
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399 | (1) |
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Understanding Exchange Rates |
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399 | (1) |
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The Equilibrium Exchange Rate |
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400 | (3) |
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Inflation and Real Exchange Rates |
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403 | (2) |
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405 | (1) |
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406 | (1) |
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406 | (1) |
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Module 43 Exchange Rate Policy and Macroeconomic Policy |
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407 | (9) |
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407 | (1) |
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408 | (1) |
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How Can an Exchange Rate Be Held Fixed? |
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408 | (2) |
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The Exchange Rate Regime Dilemma |
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410 | (1) |
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Exchange Rates and Macroeconomic Policy |
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411 | (1) |
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Devaluation and Revaluation of Fixed Exchange Rates |
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411 | (1) |
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Monetary Policy Under a Floating Exchange Rate Regime |
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412 | (1) |
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International Business Cycles |
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413 | (1) |
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414 | (1) |
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414 | (2) |
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Module 44 Barriers to Trade |
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416 | (6) |
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416 | (1) |
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417 | (1) |
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418 | (2) |
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420 | (1) |
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420 | (2) |
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Module 45 Putting It All Together |
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422 | (17) |
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A Structure for Macroeconomic Analysis |
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422 | (1) |
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423 | (1) |
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423 | (2) |
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The Initial Effect of the Event |
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425 | (1) |
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Secondary and Long-Run Effects of the Event |
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425 | (1) |
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426 | (2) |
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428 | (1) |
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428 | (2) |
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430 | (2) |
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AP® Exam Practice Questions |
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432 | (3) |
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economics by example: Is Globalization a Bad Word? |
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435 | (4) |
Section 9: Behind The Demand Curve: Consumer Choice |
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439 | (70) |
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Paying Whatever It Takes for Health |
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439 | (1) |
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Module 46 Income Effects, Substitution Effects, and Elasticity |
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440 | (7) |
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Explaining the Law of Demand |
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440 | (1) |
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440 | (1) |
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440 | (1) |
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Defining and Measuring Elasticity |
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441 | (1) |
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Calculating the Price Elasticity of Demand |
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442 | (1) |
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An Alternative Way to Calculate Elasticities: The Midpoint Method |
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443 | (2) |
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445 | (1) |
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445 | (1) |
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445 | (2) |
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Module 47 Interpreting Price Elasticity of Demand |
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447 | (8) |
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What the Price Elasticity of Demand Tells Us |
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447 | (1) |
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447 | (4) |
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Price Elasticity Along the Demand Curve |
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451 | (2) |
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What Factors Determine the Price Elasticity of Demand? |
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453 | (1) |
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453 | (1) |
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454 | (1) |
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Module 48 Other Important Elasticities |
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455 | (6) |
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Measuring Responses to Other Changes |
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455 | (1) |
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The Cross-Price Elasticity of Demand |
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455 | (1) |
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The Income Elasticity of Demand |
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456 | (1) |
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The Price Elasticity of Supply |
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456 | (1) |
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Measuring the Price Elasticity of Supply |
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457 | (1) |
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What Factors Determine the Price Elasticity of Supply? |
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458 | (1) |
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459 | (1) |
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460 | (1) |
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460 | (1) |
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Module 49 Consumer and Producer Surplus |
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461 | (11) |
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Consumer Surplus and the Demand Curve |
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462 | (1) |
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Willingness to Pay and the Demand Curve |
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462 | (1) |
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Willingness to Pay and Consumer Surplus |
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463 | (2) |
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How Changing Prices Affect Consumer Surplus |
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465 | (1) |
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Producer Surplus and the Supply Curve |
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466 | (1) |
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466 | (1) |
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467 | (2) |
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How Changing Prices Affect Producer Surplus |
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469 | (1) |
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470 | (1) |
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471 | (1) |
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Module 50 Efficiency and Deadweight Loss |
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472 | (16) |
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Consumer Surplus, Producer Surplus, and Efficiency |
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472 | (1) |
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472 | (1) |
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The Efficiency of Markets |
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473 | (4) |
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477 | (1) |
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The Effects of Taxes on Total Surplus |
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477 | (1) |
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The Effect of an Excise Tax on Quantities and Prices |
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477 | (3) |
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Price Elasticities and Tax Incidence |
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480 | (2) |
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The Benefits and Costs of Taxation |
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482 | (1) |
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The Revenue from an Excise Tax |
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482 | (1) |
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483 | (3) |
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486 | (1) |
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486 | (2) |
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Module 51 Utility Maximization |
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488 | (21) |
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Utility: It's All About Getting Satisfaction |
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488 | (1) |
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488 | (1) |
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The Principle of Diminishing Marginal Utility |
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489 | (1) |
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The Occasional Ups and Downs of Marginal Utility |
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490 | (1) |
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Budgets and Optimal Consumption |
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491 | (1) |
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Budget Constraints and Budget Lines |
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491 | (1) |
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The Optimal Consumption Bundle |
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492 | (1) |
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Spending the Marginal Dollar |
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493 | (1) |
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Marginal Utility per Dollar |
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494 | (2) |
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496 | (1) |
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497 | (1) |
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497 | (2) |
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499 | (2) |
|
AP® Exam Practice Questions |
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|
501 | (4) |
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economics by example: Why Is a Newspaper Heist So Easy? |
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505 | (4) |
Section 10: Behind The Supply Curve: Profit, Production, And Costs |
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509 | (56) |
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509 | (1) |
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Module 52 Defining Profit |
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510 | (5) |
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510 | (1) |
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Explicit Versus Implicit Costs |
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510 | (1) |
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Accounting Profit Versus Economic Profit |
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511 | (1) |
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512 | (1) |
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513 | (1) |
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513 | (2) |
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Module 53 Profit Maximization |
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515 | (5) |
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515 | (1) |
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Using Marginal Analysis to Choose the Profit-Maximizing Quantity of Output |
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|
516 | (2) |
|
When Is Production Profitable? |
|
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518 | (1) |
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518 | (1) |
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519 | (1) |
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Module 54 The Production Function |
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520 | (6) |
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520 | (1) |
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Production with Fixed and Variable Inputs |
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520 | (3) |
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Production When All Inputs Are Variable |
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523 | (1) |
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524 | (1) |
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524 | (2) |
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526 | (11) |
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From the Production Function to Cost Curves |
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526 | (2) |
|
Two Key Concepts: Marginal Cost and Average Cost |
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528 | (1) |
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528 | (2) |
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530 | (3) |
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Minimum Average Total Cost |
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533 | (1) |
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Does the Marginal Cost Curve Always Slope Upward? |
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534 | (2) |
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536 | (1) |
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536 | (1) |
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Module 56 Long-Run Costs and Economies of Scale |
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537 | (7) |
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538 | (1) |
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539 | (2) |
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541 | (1) |
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541 | (1) |
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Summing Up Costs: The Short and Long of It |
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542 | (1) |
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543 | (1) |
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543 | (1) |
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Module 57 Introduction to Market Structure |
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544 | (21) |
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Types of Market Structure |
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544 | (1) |
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545 | (1) |
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Defining Perfect Competition |
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546 | (1) |
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Two Necessary Conditions for Perfect Competition |
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546 | (1) |
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547 | (1) |
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547 | (1) |
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547 | (1) |
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548 | (1) |
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549 | (1) |
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Is It an Oligopoly or Not? |
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|
550 | (1) |
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|
551 | (1) |
|
Defining Monopolistic Competition |
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|
552 | (1) |
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553 | (1) |
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553 | (2) |
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555 | (2) |
|
AP® Exam Practice Questions |
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|
557 | (3) |
|
economics by example: Could the Future Cost of Energy Change Life as We Know It? |
|
|
560 | (5) |
Section 11: Market Structures: Perfect Competition And Monopoly |
|
565 | (54) |
|
Some Carrots Are More Expensive Than Others |
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565 | (1) |
|
Module 58 Introduction to Perfect Competition |
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|
566 | (5) |
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|
566 | (2) |
|
When Is Production Profitable? |
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|
568 | (2) |
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570 | (1) |
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570 | (1) |
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Module 59 Graphing Perfect Competition |
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|
571 | (9) |
|
Interpreting Perfect Competition Graphs |
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571 | (3) |
|
The Short-Run Production Decision |
|
|
574 | (1) |
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|
575 | (1) |
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576 | (1) |
|
Summing Up: The Perfectly Competitive Firm's Profitability and Production Conditions |
|
|
577 | (1) |
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|
578 | (1) |
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|
578 | (2) |
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Module 60 Long-Run Outcomes in Perfect Competition |
|
|
580 | (10) |
|
The Industry Supply Curve |
|
|
580 | (1) |
|
The Short-Run Industry Supply Curve |
|
|
580 | (1) |
|
The Long-Run Industry Supply Curve |
|
|
581 | (6) |
|
Efficiency in Long-Run Equilibrium |
|
|
587 | (1) |
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588 | (1) |
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588 | (2) |
|
Module 61 Introduction to Monopoly |
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|
590 | (8) |
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The Monopolist's Demand Curve and Marginal Revenue |
|
|
590 | (4) |
|
The Monopolist's Profit-Maximizing Output and Price |
|
|
594 | (1) |
|
Monopoly Versus Perfect Competition |
|
|
594 | (1) |
|
Monopoly: The General Picture |
|
|
595 | (1) |
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|
596 | (1) |
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|
597 | (1) |
|
Module 62 Monopoly and Public Policy |
|
|
598 | (5) |
|
Welfare Effects of Monopoly |
|
|
598 | (1) |
|
Preventing Monopoly Power |
|
|
599 | (1) |
|
Dealing with a Natural Monopoly |
|
|
600 | (1) |
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600 | (1) |
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|
600 | (2) |
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602 | (1) |
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602 | (1) |
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Module 63 Price Discrimination |
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|
603 | (16) |
|
Price Discrimination Defined |
|
|
603 | (1) |
|
The Logic of Price Discrimination |
|
|
604 | (1) |
|
Price Discrimination and Elasticity |
|
|
605 | (1) |
|
Perfect Price Discrimination |
|
|
606 | (2) |
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|
608 | (1) |
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|
609 | (1) |
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|
610 | (1) |
|
AP® Exam Practice Questions |
|
|
611 | (3) |
|
economics by example: Is Adam Smith Rolling Over in His Grave? |
|
|
614 | (5) |
Section 12: Market Structures: Imperfect Competition |
|
619 | (45) |
|
Corporate Misdeeds and the Differentiation Dance |
|
|
619 | (1) |
|
Module 64 Introduction to Oligopoly |
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|
620 | (5) |
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|
620 | (1) |
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|
620 | (1) |
|
Collusion and Competition |
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|
621 | (2) |
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623 | (1) |
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623 | (2) |
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|
625 | (9) |
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|
625 | (1) |
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|
625 | (2) |
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627 | (5) |
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632 | (1) |
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|
632 | (2) |
|
Module 66 Oligopoly in Practice |
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|
634 | (8) |
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|
634 | (1) |
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635 | (1) |
|
Overcoming the Prisoners' Dilemma: Repeated Interaction and Tacit Collusion |
|
|
635 | (2) |
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637 | (1) |
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|
637 | (1) |
|
Complex Products and Pricing Schemes |
|
|
638 | (1) |
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|
638 | (1) |
|
Bargaining Power of Buyers |
|
|
638 | (1) |
|
Product Differentiation and Price Leadership |
|
|
638 | (1) |
|
How Important Is Oligopoly? |
|
|
639 | (1) |
|
|
640 | (1) |
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|
640 | (2) |
|
Module 67 Introduction to Monopolistic Competition |
|
|
642 | (7) |
|
Understanding Monopolistic Competition |
|
|
642 | (1) |
|
Monopolistic Competition in the Short Run |
|
|
642 | (2) |
|
Monopolistic Competition in the Long Run |
|
|
644 | (2) |
|
Monopolistic Competition Versus Perfect Competition |
|
|
646 | (1) |
|
Price, Marginal Cost, and Average Total Cost |
|
|
646 | (1) |
|
Is Monopolistic Competition Inefficient? |
|
|
647 | (1) |
|
|
648 | (1) |
|
|
648 | (1) |
|
Module 68 Product Differentiation and Advertising |
|
|
649 | (15) |
|
How Firms Differentiate Their Products |
|
|
650 | (1) |
|
Differentiation by Style or Type |
|
|
650 | (1) |
|
Differentiation by Location |
|
|
650 | (1) |
|
Differentiation by Quality |
|
|
650 | (1) |
|
Controversies About Product Differentiation |
|
|
651 | (1) |
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|
651 | (1) |
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|
652 | (1) |
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|
653 | (1) |
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|
653 | (2) |
|
|
655 | (1) |
|
AP® Exam Practice Questions |
|
|
656 | (4) |
|
economics by example: What's Behind the Music Industry's Woes? |
|
|
660 | (4) |
Section 13: Factor Markets |
|
664 | (47) |
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|
664 | (1) |
|
Module 69 Introduction and Factor Demand |
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|
665 | (10) |
|
The Economy's Factors of Production |
|
|
665 | (1) |
|
The Factors of Production |
|
|
665 | (1) |
|
Why Factor Prices Matter: The Allocation of Resources |
|
|
665 | (1) |
|
Factor Incomes and the Distribution of Income |
|
|
666 | (1) |
|
Marginal Productivity and Factor Demand |
|
|
667 | (1) |
|
Marginal Product of Labor |
|
|
667 | (1) |
|
Marginal Revenue Product and Factor Demand |
|
|
668 | (3) |
|
Shifts of the Factor Demand Curve |
|
|
671 | (2) |
|
|
673 | (1) |
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|
673 | (2) |
|
Module 70 The Markets for Land and Capital |
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|
675 | (5) |
|
|
675 | (1) |
|
Demand in the Markets for Land and Capital |
|
|
675 | (1) |
|
Supply in the Markets for Land and Capital |
|
|
676 | (1) |
|
Equilibrium in Land and Capital Markets |
|
|
676 | (1) |
|
|
677 | (1) |
|
Marginal Productivity Theory |
|
|
678 | (1) |
|
|
679 | (1) |
|
|
679 | (1) |
|
Module 71 The Market for Labor |
|
|
680 | (10) |
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|
680 | (1) |
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|
680 | (1) |
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|
681 | (2) |
|
Shifts of the Labor Supply Curve |
|
|
683 | (1) |
|
Equilibrium in the Labor Market |
|
|
684 | (1) |
|
When the Labor Market Is Not Perfectly Competitive |
|
|
685 | (2) |
|
Equilibrium in the Imperfectly Competitive Labor Market |
|
|
687 | (2) |
|
|
689 | (1) |
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|
689 | (1) |
|
Module 72 The Cost-Minimizing Input Combination |
|
|
690 | (5) |
|
Alternative Input Combinations |
|
|
691 | (1) |
|
Substitutes and Complements in Factor Markets |
|
|
691 | (1) |
|
Determining the Optimal Input Mix |
|
|
691 | (1) |
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|
692 | (1) |
|
The Cost-Minimization Rule |
|
|
692 | (2) |
|
|
694 | (1) |
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|
694 | (1) |
|
Module 73 Theories of Income Distribution |
|
|
695 | (16) |
|
The Marginal Productivity Theory of Income Distribution |
|
|
696 | (1) |
|
Marginal Productivity and Wage Inequality |
|
|
696 | (1) |
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|
697 | (1) |
|
|
698 | (1) |
|
|
699 | (1) |
|
Wage Disparities in Practice |
|
|
699 | (1) |
|
Is the Marginal Productivity Theory of Income Distribution Really True? |
|
|
700 | (1) |
|
So Does Marginal Productivity Theory Hold? |
|
|
700 | (1) |
|
|
701 | (1) |
|
|
701 | (1) |
|
|
702 | (1) |
|
AP® Exam Practice Questions |
|
|
703 | (4) |
|
economics by example: Immigration: How Welcoming Should Lady Liberty Be? |
|
|
707 | (4) |
Section 14: Market Failure And The Role Of Government |
|
711 | |
|
Incentives Matter, for Better or Worse |
|
|
711 | (1) |
|
Module 74 Introduction to Externalities |
|
|
712 | (7) |
|
|
712 | (1) |
|
The Economics of Pollution |
|
|
712 | (1) |
|
Costs and Benefits of Pollution |
|
|
713 | (1) |
|
Private Solutions to Externality Problems |
|
|
714 | (2) |
|
Policies Toward Pollution |
|
|
716 | (1) |
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|
716 | (1) |
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|
716 | (1) |
|
Tradable Emissions Permits |
|
|
717 | (1) |
|
|
718 | (1) |
|
|
718 | (1) |
|
Module 75 Externalities in Markets for Goods and Services |
|
|
719 | (7) |
|
Production, Consumption, and Externalities |
|
|
719 | (1) |
|
Private Versus Social Benefits |
|
|
720 | (2) |
|
Private Versus Social Costs |
|
|
722 | (2) |
|
|
724 | (1) |
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|
724 | (1) |
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|
724 | (2) |
|
|
726 | (10) |
|
|
726 | (1) |
|
|
726 | (1) |
|
Why Markets Can Supply Only Private Goods Efficiently |
|
|
727 | (1) |
|
|
728 | (1) |
|
|
729 | (1) |
|
How Much of a Public Good Should Be Provided? |
|
|
729 | (1) |
|
|
730 | (2) |
|
|
732 | (1) |
|
|
732 | (1) |
|
The Efficient Use and Maintenance of a Common Resource |
|
|
733 | (1) |
|
Artificially Scarce Goods |
|
|
734 | (1) |
|
|
734 | (1) |
|
|
735 | (1) |
|
Module 77 Public Policy to Promote Competition |
|
|
736 | (6) |
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736 | (1) |
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737 | (1) |
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The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 |
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|
737 | (1) |
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The Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 |
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|
738 | (1) |
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The Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 |
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|
738 | (1) |
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Dealing with Natural Monopoly |
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|
739 | (1) |
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740 | (1) |
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|
741 | (1) |
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Module 78 Income Inequality and Income Distribution |
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742 | |
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|
742 | (1) |
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|
743 | (1) |
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|
743 | (1) |
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744 | (1) |
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|
744 | (1) |
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745 | (3) |
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|
748 | (1) |
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U.S. Antipoverty Programs |
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|
748 | (1) |
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|
749 | (1) |
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Social Security and Unemployment Insurance |
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750 | (1) |
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The Debate over Income Redistribution |
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|
750 | (1) |
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Problems with Income Redistribution |
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|
750 | (1) |
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The Politics of Income Redistribution |
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|
751 | (1) |
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|
752 | (1) |
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752 | (2) |
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754 | (2) |
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AP® Exam Practice Questions |
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|
756 | (3) |
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economics by example: Why Not Split the Check? |
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|
759 | |
AP® Practice Exams |
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AP® Macroeconomics Practice Exam |
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PE-1 | |
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AP® Microeconomics Practice Exam |
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PE-7 | |
Enrichment Modules |
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Module A Financial Markets and Crises |
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EM-2 | |
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Module B Behavioral Economics |
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EM-11 | |
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Module C The Economics of Information |
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EM-19 | |
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Module D Indifference Curves and Consumer Choice |
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EM-24 | |
Financial Literacy Handbook |
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FLH-1 | |
Glossary/Glosario |
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G-1 | |
Index |
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I-1 | |