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[Joseph_E._Stiglitz,_Carl_E._Walsh]_Economics(Bookos.org) (1)

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Learning Goals

In this chapter, you will learn

1

2

3

4

5

6

How the basic tools introduced

in Chapter 5 can be

used to analyze decisions

about saving and education

What economists mean by

the time value of money

How income and substitution

affect saving decisions in

opposing ways

What determines the firm’s

demand for capital

How interest rates ensure that

demand and supply balance

in capital markets

Why education is an investment

that leads to what

economists call human

capital

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