Category: Economics Homework Help

I’m working on a economics discussion question and need a sample draft to help me learn.

What is a black market (please give a real world example). Under what circumstance do black markets arise?

I’m trying to study for my Finance course and I need some help to understand this question.

Please use your own words to write the following discussion question. 150 words? with the real life example and specific references links. Question:

Do you believe that corporate takeover defenses are more motivated by the target’s managers attempt to entrench themselves or to negotiate a higher price for their shareholders? Illustrate your points with real life situations.

1. People who are out of work and no longer counted as unemployed are called. ____________________________________.

2.Define the unemployment rate. Are they counted in the labor force?

3.Due to Covid 19 the machines used to produce cement are used 4 hours a day instead of 8 hours a day, construction workers are working 3 days a week instead of 5. What is the term we would use to describe how we would label people or resources used but a less than full capacity? We would say they are ________________.

4. Al went to the movies. His driver’s license shows he was born in1987. Name the population group to which Al is a member and the years that population was born. 5. Mike his father was born in 1950. Name the population group for Mike and the years that population group was born.

6. According to Adam Smith What are the 2 (out of 3) legitimate roles of government? (10 points)

7. What are the 4 returns to the factors of production. (10 points)

8. The cost of employer-sponsored health care benefits are expected to approach $15,000 per employee next year. Big employers project that their total cost of providing medical and pharmacy benefits will rise 5 percent for the sixth consecutive year in 2019. The total cost of health care, including premiums and out-of-pocket costs for employees and dependents, is estimated to average $14,800 per employee in 2019, up from $14,099 this year. Large employers will cover roughly 70 percent of those costs, leaving $4,400 on average for employees to pick up in premium contributions and out-of-pocket expenses. ( 5 points)

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Read the above. For Employers, what is the “OPPORTUNTY COST “of health care? (not the price)

I’m working on a macro economics question and need support to help me learn.

1. Think about a time when you might have become unemployed (or someone you knew became unemployed). Would you characterize this unemployment as cyclical, structural, frictional, or seasonal unemployment? Why?

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.

2. What price do you put on your own leisure? Do you feel like the price/value of your leisure time changes over time? Why, or why not?

I’m working on a macro economics discussion question and need guidance to help me learn.

Go to the end of the chapter and look at the STUDY PROBLEMS.

Ch.19:1,2,5,8

Ch.20:1,2,3,5

Please check the syllabus to see what questions you should do and submit your answers to the assigned problems.

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While Saudi Arabia seeks to diversify its economy, the Saudi economy is dominated by the petroleum sector. In addition, the Saudi Arabian Riyal (SAR) is pegged to the U.S. Dollar.

In a critical essay, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the pegged exchange rate. Indicate the main considerations Saudi Arabia faces from a currency perspective (e.g., currency values, interest rates, inflation, and trade issues) that ensue given two scenarios:

• The first scenario is a dramatically declining world oil price.
• The second scenario is a dramatically increasing world oil price.

Can Congress and the President Ever Balance the Federal Budget?

Due Date: Day 6

Read: the description of public choice theory: “Public Choice” at http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/PublicChoice.html. (Links to an external site.) If you need more information, check out: “Public Choice Theory” at http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc1/PublicChoiceTheory.html (Links to an external site.)

Read: “The Balanced Budget Amendment Debate “: at https://www.thoughtco.com/balanced-budget-amendment-3368271 (Links to an external site.) and “Balanced Budget Amendment: Pros and Cons “ at https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/balanced-budget-amendment-pros-and-cons (Links to an external site.)

Read: You may want to read the following articles about the recent debt ceiling crises: “The Federal Deficit Mess—Posner” at http://www.becker-posner-blog.com/2011/07/the-federal-deficit-messposner.html (Links to an external site.); and “Short and Long Term United States Fiscal Crises-Becker: at http://www.becker-posner-blog.com/2011/07/short-and-long-term-united-states-fiscal-crises-becker.html (Links to an external site.); “The Depression, the Deficit Debacle, and the Debt-Ceiling Crisis—Posner” at http://www.becker-posner-blog.com/2011/08/the-depression-the-deficit-debacle-and-the-debt-ceiling-crisisposner.html (Links to an external site.); “Immediate and Medium Term Debt and Deficit Problems-Becker” at https://www.becker-posner-blog.com/2011/08/immediate-and-medium-term-debt-and-deficit-problems-becker.html (Links to an external site.)

Read: You may also want to read: “Fiscal reform – Why we’re hosed” at http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2011/08/fiscal-reform (Links to an external site.)

Post: your answers to the following questions:

• Define Public Choice Theory.
• Using Public Choice Theory, explain why it is so difficult for Congress to reduce the budget deficit.
• Do you agree that there needs to be a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
• Carefully explain why. (Remember to use economic concepts from the articles and from Chapters 16 for full credit! In other words, you need to use positive rather normative arguments. Answers that start with “I think it is unfair that . . .” will get very few points.)

1) Please watch the following YouTube video on Onecoin Scam, and write your comments.

2) Please watch the following video on the importance of U.S. dollar in global trade, and write your comments.

How Global Trade Runs on U.S. Dollars | WSJ

3) Please discuss the potential risks involved in “The Carry Trade”, and its influence on the stability of exchange rate.

4) In some periods, Brazil’s inflation rate was very high. Explain why this places pressure on the Brazilian currency.

The motivation for many people pursuing a college degree is to improve their human capital.

• Describe how improving human capital increases wages. In your description, be sure to address the marginal product of labor.
• Explain how rising wages could lead to a backward bending supply of labor curve.
• Discuss factors that could lead to an increase in the labor supply and the effect that shift would have on wages.