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RATIONAL BEHAVIOR: The notion that people make decisions based on the desire to obtain the greatest amount of satisfaction. Rational behavior essential means that people prefer more to less. The presumption of rational behavior underlies most economic analyses, especially those applied to consumer demand theory.
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Lesson 1: Economic Basics | Unit 4: Goals
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Pursuing one goal is usually at the expense of another, we have tradeoffs. Three reasons for tradeoffs: - First, resources used to pursue one goal cannot be used to pursue another.
- Second, actions that move us toward one goal can move us away from another.
- Third, pursuing a goal may be good for some, but bad for others.
A thought:- Economists are inclined to stress efficiency more than others--but efficiency is only one of several goals.
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MACROECONOMIC GOALS Three conditions of the mixed economy that are most important for macroeconomics, including full employment, stability, and economic growth, that are generally desired by society and pursued by governments through economic policies.
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The 22.6% decline in stock prices on October 19, 1987 was larger than the infamous 12.8% decline on October 29, 1929.
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"If anything terrifies me, I must try to conquer it. " -- Francis Charles Chichester, yachtsman, aviator
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EFTS Electronic Fund Transfer Systems
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