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DISCRETIONARY INCOME: After-tax income over which a person (or the entire household sector) has more or less complete discretionary control, which can be then used for either consumption or saving. Discretionary income is most commonly measured at the macroeconomic level by disposable income.
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Lesson 2: Economic Science | Unit 1: The Method
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Economics is part of the general process of inquiry, scientific inquiry, in to the workings of our world. A definition: - The scientific method is a structured way of investigating and explaining the operation of the world by testing and verifying hypothesized relationships.
Key points about the scientific method:- Explanation: The scientific method seeks to explain the mechanisms of the world, how things work. Science seeks to identify the basic laws of nature that govern the world. Economic science seeks to explain how the economic world works, to identify the economic laws of nature.
- Process: The scientific method is a process, a way of explaining, not a subject. The scientific method is also applied to society and human behavior. Economics is a social science, the scientific study of society.
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EQUILIBRIUM, LONG-RUN AGGREGATE MARKET The state of equilibrium that exists in the long-run aggregate market when real aggregate expenditures are equal to full-employment real production with no imbalances to induce changes in the price level or real production. The opposing forces of aggregate demand (the buyers) and long-run aggregate supply (the sellers) exactly offset each other. At the existing price level, the four macroeconomic sectors (household, business, government, and foreign) purchase all of the real production that they seek and producers sell all of the real production that they have.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at the confiscated property police auction seeking to buy either a replacement remote control for your television or a replacement nozzle for your shower. Be on the lookout for door-to-door salesmen.
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The wealthy industrialist, Andrew Carnegie, was once removed from a London tram because he lacked the money needed for the fare.
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"The only thing that will stop you from fulfilling your dreams is you. " -- Tom Bradley, former Los Angeles mayor
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GNP
Gross National Product
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