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NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT: A major labor union promoting act under New Deal program of the Roosevelt administration in 1935, it modified and replaced the National Industrial Recovery Act that was declared unconstitutional earlier in the year. Also known as the Wagner Act and frequently going by the acronym NLRA, it outlawed unfair labor practices by employers, such as the refusal by a firm to negotiate with a union representing a majority of its employees. It also established the National Labor Relations Board, which oversees labor activities.

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Lesson 10: Utility and Demand | Unit 5: Beyond Demand Page: 19 of 21

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  • While knowing why a higher price entices buyers to buy less or a lower price entices them to buy more is extremely important, we often need to know more than WHY? we need to know HOW MUCH?

  • Taking a closer look at demand entails an answer to this HOW MUCH? question.

    This is addressed under the topic of elasticity.

  • By way of preview, let me note that:
  • Elasticity is the responsiveness of one variable resulting from changes in another variable.
  • The two variables that intrigues us the most are demand price and quantity demanded.

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ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION

Information is not equally available to everyone. Asymmetric information results because efficient information search inevitably stops short of compete information. Some people obtain more benefits from information than others, are willing to incur higher search costs, and thus end up knowing more. Or they incur lower information search costs and have easier access to the information. In a market, sellers tend to have more information about the good than buyers. Asymmetric information gives rise to adverse selection, moral hazard, and the principal-agent problem. These problems can be lessened through signalling and screening.

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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time strolling through a department store hoping to buy either a replacement nozzle for your shower or a decorative windchime with plastic . Be on the lookout for mail order catalogs with hidden messages.
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Natural gas has no odor. The smell is added artificially so that leaks can be detected.
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