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N: The standard abbreviation for the quantity of land resources, especially for the analysis of production. The letter "N" is used even though land begins with an "L" because "L" is used to represent labor. The complementary representations for other inputs are "L" for labor and "K" for capital.
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A. Introduction
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Microeconomics
Introductory Microeconomics is the study of the individuals, firms, markets, and industries, including the topics of consumer demand, production, cost, market structures, and factor markets.
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MARKET FAILURES Imperfections in the exchange process between buyers and sellers that prevent markets from efficiently allocating scarce resources. Market failures come in four varieties -- public goods, market control, externalities, and imperfect information. Market efficiency is achieved if the value of goods produced is equal to the value of foregone production. Markets fail when this efficiency condition is not achieved. Such failures can only be corrected by government intervention.
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State of the ECONOMY
Wholesale Inventories
November 2009
$386.3 billion
Up 1.5% from Oct 2009: U.S. Census Bureau
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YELLOW CHIPPEROON [What's This?]
Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at a garage sale seeking to buy either shoe laces for your snow boots or a rim for your spare tire. Be on the lookout for slightly overweight pizza delivery guys. Your Complete Scope
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"Do you want to be safe and good, or do you want to take a chance and be great?" -- Jimmy Johnson, Football Coach
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