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VARIABLE COST: In general, cost that changes with changes in the quantity of output produced. More specifically, variable cost is combined with the adjectives "total" and "average" to indicate the overall level of variable cost or the per unit variable cost. Variable cost depends on the amount of produced. If there is no production, then there is no variable cost.
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Lesson 10: Utility and Demand | Unit 5: Beyond Demand
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- As consumers we are concerned with all sorts of decisions.
- Consumer demand theory, utility, and the law of diminishing marginal utility play a key part in these decisions.
- Consumer demand theory also helps explain why you might...
- Watch Gilligan's Island rather than Star Trek.
- Watch Gilligan's Island rather than reading a book.
- Hang out with friends watching Gilligan's Island the night before an exam rather than studying.
- Vote in major Presidential elections but not in local referendums.
- Steal hundreds of dollars of office supplies from your work over a period of years.
- Stop on a highway to help a complete stranger fix a flat tire.
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AGGREGATE DEMAND DECREASE, LONG-RUN AGGREGATE MARKET A shock to the long-run aggregate market caused by a decrease in aggregate demand resulting in and illustrated by a leftward shift of the aggregate demand curve. A decrease in aggregate demand in the long-run aggregate market results in an increase in the price level but no change in real production. The level of real production resulting from the aggregate demand shock is full-employment real production.
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BEIGE MUNDORTLE
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time driving to a factory outlet seeking to buy either storage boxes for your computer software CDs or a set of tires. Be on the lookout for bottles of barbeque sauce that act TOO innocent.
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The average bank teller loses about $250 every year.
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"Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative. " -- Cato, Roman orator
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WLLN
Weak Law of Large Numbers
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