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ASSUMPTIONS, PRODUCTION POSSIBILITIES: Production possibilities analysis is based on four key assumptions: (1) resources are used to produce one or both of only two goods, (2) the quantities of the resources do not change, (3) technology and production techniques do not change, and (4) resources are used in a technically efficient way.
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Lesson 19: Money Creation | Unit 2: Fred Returns
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- Reviewing Fred the Goldsmith, that Fred has developed several modern banking functions: safekeeping, depository, lending and fractional-reserve banking functions.
- Fred's system of tracking gold flows by issuing receipts for each deposit.
- The three main features of Fred's system:
- Knights need not withdraw the same gold deposited.
- Fred need not personally know each knight requesting services.
- These gold receipts are as good as gold and become money.
- Two options Fred has to make a loan:
- Loan some gold from the safe which could be deposited back in return for receipts.
- To loan the receipts directly.
- The importance of fractional-reserve banking and Fred's ability to create money that is used for investment and economic growth.
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TWO-SECTOR, THREE-MARKET CIRCULAR FLOW A circular flow model of the macroeconomy containing two sectors (business and household) and three markets (product, factor, and financial) that illustrates the continuous movement of the payments for goods and services between producers and consumers, with particular emphasis on saving, investment, and the role of financial markets. Other circular models are two-sector, two-market circular flow; three-sector, three-market circular flow; and four-sector, three-market circular flow.
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"You don't have to see the top of the staircase to take the first step.¾ " -- Martin Luther King, civil rights leader
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IMF
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