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SMITH, ADAM: A Scottish professor (born 1723, died 1790) who is considered the father of modern economics for his revolutionary book, entitled An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations published in 1776.
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Lesson 8: Market Shocks | Unit 4: Double Shifts
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Less Demand and More Supply
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Here we have demand decreasing (tastes change) and supply increasing (technological breakthrough).- A decrease in demand causes a decrease in both price and quantity.
- An increase supply causes price to decrease and quantity to increase.
- The combined effect is an obvious decrease in price but a questionable change in quantity.
- At the new equilibrium the quantity is indeterminant.
- If demand and supply curve shift in opposite directions, then quantity is indeterminant, but price is known.
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UTIL A hypothetical unit of measurement of utility that is commonly used by economists to present hypothetical information about utility and consumer demand theory. The util measurement unit was developed as a convenient way to illustrate and discuss concepts such as total utility, marginal utility, and the law of diminishing marginal utility. However, because utility is not a measurable characteristic, the util does represent an actual unit of measurement, such as inches or pounds.
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Two and a half gallons of oil are needed to produce one automobile tire.
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PIT
Personal Income Tax
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