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CONCEPT PROBLEMS 1. What do you thi
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NUMERICAL PROBLEMS Problems 1-5 are
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In the third section of the chapter
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Figure 4.2 The Increasing Demand fo
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The intersection of the demand and
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Case in Point: 9/11 and the Stock M
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The Great Depression of the 1930s l
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120. These distortions have grown o
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ANSWER TO TRY IT! PROBLEM A minimum
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Figure 4.16 Total Spending for Phys
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were explicitly stated, political p
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CONCEPT PROBLEMS 1. Like personal c
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A good deal of the economy’s mome
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At time t 1 in , an expansion ends
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Case in Point: The Art of Predictin
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Concern about changes in the price
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epay their loans. Deflation was com
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of each component of consumption sp
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Sources of Bias 1997 Estimate 2006
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ANSWER TO TRY IT! PROBLEM Rearrangi
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employment. It is sometimes referre
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KEY TAKEAWAYS People who are not wo
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ANSWER TO TRY IT! PROBLEM In Year 1
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NUMERICAL PROBLEMS 1. Plot the quar
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The primary measure of the ups and
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By recording additions to inventori
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Figure 6.5 Spending in the Circular
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TRY IT! Here is a two-part exercise
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ANSWER TO TRY IT! PROBLEM 1. GDP eq
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generated in the production of thos
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Case in Point: The GDP-GDI Gap Figu
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that productivity has increased gre
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Figure 6.9 Comparing Per Capita Rea
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ANSWER TO TRY IT! PROBLEM 1. Real G
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NUMERICAL PROBLEMS 1. Given the fol
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Define poten
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Figure 7.2 Changes in Aggregate Dem
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Equation 7.1 We use the capital Gre
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7.2 Aggregate Demand and Aggregate
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The Short Run Analysis of the macro
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Finally, minimum wage laws prevent
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Figure 7.10 An Increase in Governme
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ANSWER TO TRY IT! PROBLEM All compo
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Now suppose aggregate demand increa
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price level of P 3 . For both kinds
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Case in Point: Survey of Economists
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CONCEPT PROBLEMS 1. Explain how the
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Aggregate Quantity of Goods and Ser
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2. We define growth in terms of the
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Figure 8.3 Differences in Growth Ra
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Case in Point: Presidents and Econo
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Figure 8.6 The Aggregate Production
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Figure 8.9 Increase in the Supply o
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ANSWER TO TRY IT! PROBLEM The produ
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In general, countries with accelera
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ANSWER TO TRY IT! PROBLEM Situation
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NUMERICAL PROBLEMS 1. The populatio
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not get eaten. Prisoners knew other
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circulation. Unless a means can be
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KEY TAKEAWAYS Money is anything tha
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Explain what
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Acme Bank Assets Liabilities Reserv
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Figure 9.7 Notice that Bellville is
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per insured bank, for each account
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ANSWER TO TRY IT! PROBLEM 1. Acme B
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discount rate. Lowering the discoun
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Case in Point: Fed Supports the Fin
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CONCEPT PROBLEMS 1. Airlines have
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a. 10%. b. 15%. c. 20%. d. 25%. 10.
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price. Buyers of bonds will seek th
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trade-weighted exchange rate index
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Case in Point: Betting on a Plunge
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Of course, money is money. One cann
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The speculative demand for money is
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Equilibrium in the Market for Money
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The reduction in interest rates req
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Economic Perspectives 29 (First Qua
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NUMERICAL PROBLEMS 1. Compute the r
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ased on a section of the Federal Re
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an oil-price boost that came in the
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Figure 11.2 A Contractionary Moneta
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Case in Point: A Brief History of t
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Only after policy makers recognize
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The Degree of Impact on the Economy
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Regardless of where one stands on t
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11.3 Monetary Policy and the Equati
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velocity is constant when viewed ov
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First, we do not expect a given per
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Summary Part of the Fed’s power s
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chosen. 11. Since August 1997, the
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. 1% c. 2% 7. Suppose the velocity
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A number of changes have influenced
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The Government Budget Balance The g
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KEY TAKEAWAYS Over the last 50 year
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ANSWER TO TRY IT! PROBLEM A budget
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A reduction in government purchases
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Case in Point: Post-World War II Ex
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Our analysis of monetary policy sho
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Case in Point: Crowding Out in Cana
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NUMERICAL PROBLEMS 1. Look up the t
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Explain and
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Equation 13.3 The saving function r
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Other Determinants of Consumption T
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Case in Point: Consumption and the
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that firms did not intend to make.
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Equation 13.11 Equation 13.11 is th
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Figure 13.10 Adjusting to Equilibri
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inducing a further change in the le
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There are two major differences bet
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Case in Point: Fiscal Policy in the
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This is called the interest rate ef
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Case in Point: Predicting the Impac
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Summary This chapter presented the
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NUMERICAL PROBLEMS 1. Suppose the f
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only major part of investment left
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Figure 14.2 "Gross Private Domestic
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KEY TAKEAWAYS Investment adds to th
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We will see in this section that in
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Firms need capital to produce goods
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TRY IT! Show how the investment dem
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Figure 14.10 A Change in Investment
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Summary Investment is an addition t
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a. Draw the investment demand curve
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of the first meeting in Doha, Qatar
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Figure 15.2 U.S. Real GDP and Impor
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KEY TAKEAWAYS International trade a
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ANSWERS TO TRY IT! PROBLEMS 1. Mexi
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Equation 15.3 represents an extreme
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KEY TAKEAWAYS The balance of paymen
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ANSWERS TO TRY IT! PROBLEMS 1. All
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Countries that have a floating exch
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ecame fully adopted in 1999. Since
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Case in Point: The Euro Figure 15.1
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CONCEPT PROBLEMS 1. David Ricardo,
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a. If the exchange rate was free-fl
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The Phillips curve seemed to make g
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increases. The term, coined by Mass
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16.2 Explaining Inflation-Unemploym
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Figure 16.9 The Stagflation Phase I
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Case in Point: From the Challenging
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In the long run, real GDP moves to
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A worker’s reservation wage is li
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KEY TAKEAWAYS Two factors that can
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16.4 Review and Practice Summary Du
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NUMERICAL PROBLEMS 1. Here are annu
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The contraction in output that bega
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Figure 17.2 "Aggregate Demand and S
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Case in Point: Early Views on Stick
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The Kennedy administration also add
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changes in the money supply as the
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Two particularly controversial prop
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Case in Point: Tough Medicine Figur
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new direction damaged Mr. Carter po
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The sudden change in the relationsh
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Case in Point: Steering on a Diffic
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Summary We have surveyed the experi
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The United States is the richest la
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We have seen that the income distri
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were. The “intellectual wage gap
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Case in Point: Attitudes and Inequa
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Figure 18.4 Weighted Average Povert
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Figure 18.6 "The Demographics of Po
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Given a choice between cash and an
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Look at Figure 18.9 "Poor People an
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women having families, and reductio
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white men; in 2005, they were 75% o
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Case in Point: Early Intervention P
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CONCEPT PROBLEMS 1. Explain how ris
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for skilled workers and the market
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income countries in 2007. We should
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We can also see the results of poor
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HDI rank Country Human Development
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Case in Point: (Growth and Developm
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“At the end of each day, the worl
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Figure 19.7 Income Levels and Popul
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Case in Point: China Curtails Popul
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economic growth by making available
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notably Indonesia and Malaysia, the
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Summary Developing nations face a h
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The Economics of Karl Marx Marx is
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TRY IT! Briefly explain how each of
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crowded into the factory, are organ
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Although the Soviet Union was able
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Case in Point: Socialist Cartoons T
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The practical alternative to allowi
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Russia: An Uncertain Path to Reform
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TRY IT! Table 20.1 "Official Versus
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TRY IT! There is a shortage of cars
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Figure 21.1 Ski Club Revenues The s
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horizontal axis, measured between t
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As an example of a graph of a negat
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evenue curves unchanged. That is be
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Understand n
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Figure 21.14 Tangent Lines and the
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TRY IT! Consider the following curv
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the scaling of the vertical axis us
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Figure 21.22 Intended Academic Majo
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ANSWER TO TRY IT! Here are the time
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What do you think is the argument m
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Equation 22.14 The coefficient of r
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Figure 22.2 A Decrease in Autonomou
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NUMERICAL PROBLEMS 1. Suppose an ec