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GOVERNMENT CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES AND GROSS INVESTMENT: The official item in the National Income and Product Accounts maintained by the Bureau of Economic Analysis measuring government purchases undertaken by the government sector. Government consumption expenditures and gross investment averages between 15-20% of gross domestic product. This percentage tends to be ebb and flow a little with the political winds.
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Lesson 10: Utility and Demand | Unit 2: A Simple Choice
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- The question of the day is: How much, if any, time should I spend at the beach?
- No Constraints
- If the price of beach frolicking is zero or if have nothing better to do with my time and more than enough income to buy all of the beach frolicking that I want, the choice is relatively simple.
- I achieve utility maximization by spending the number of hours at the beach that generates the highest level of utility. That number is 6 or 7 hours and the total utility generated is 42 utils.
- Spending any more or less time generates less total utility.
- Even though I can afford to spend all day at the beach (8 hours), I won't. The total utility of 8 hours is less than that for 6 or 7 hours.
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PER UNIT TAX A tax specified as a percentage of the quantity of a good, service, asset, or other activity. Per unit taxes are often imposed on specific goods or markets. A common per unit tax is that levied on gasoline. People pay a given tax for each gallon of gasoline purchased, regardless of the price of gasoline. An alternative is an ad valorem tax, with is a tax specified as a percentage of the value or price of a good.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time flipping through the yellow pages seeking to buy either a coffee cup commemorating next Thursday or a replacement remote control for your stereo system. Be on the lookout for strangers with large satchels of used undergarments. Your Complete Scope
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John Maynard Keynes was born the same year Karl Marx died.
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"The greatest things ever done on Earth have been done little by little. " -- William Jennings Bryan
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NDP Net Domestic Product
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