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Macroeconomics
Chapter 1
Question | Answer |
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What is the 1st principle of economics? | People face trade-offs |
What is the 2nd principle of economics? | The cost of something is what you give up to get it |
What is the 3rd principle of economics? | Rational people think at the margin |
What is the 4th principle of economics? | People respond to incentives |
What is the 5th principle of economics? | Trade can make everyone better off |
What is the 6th principle of economics? | Markets are usually a good way to organize economic activity |
What is the 7th principle of economics? | Governments can sometimes improve market outcome |
What is the 8th principle of economics? | A country's standard of living depends on its ability to produce goods and services |
What is the 9th principle of economics? | Prices rise when the government prints too much money |
What is the 10th principle of economics? | Society faces a short-run trade-off between inflation and unemployment |
What do the first 4 principles of economics discuses? | How rational people make decisions and what costs are |
What does the 5th, 6th, and 7th principle of economics discuses? | How people interact |
What do the last 3 principles of economics discuses? | GDP, what happens when the Federal Reserve increases the money supply, and unemployment |
What is an increase in the overall level of prices in the economy? | Inflation |