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CHANGE IN AGGREGATE EXPENDITURES: The movement along an aggregate demand curve caused by a change in the price level. This should be contrasted directly with a change in aggregate demand. You might also want to review the terms change in quantity demanded and change in demand, as well. A change in aggregate expenditures means that we have identified a NEW level of expenditures on the existing aggregate demand curve. In contrast, a change in aggregate demand means that we have changed, moved, or shifted, the entire aggregate demand curve, the whole range of price levels and aggregate expenditures has changed.
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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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REAL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT The total market value, measured in constant prices, of all goods and services produced within the political boundaries of an economy during a given period of time, usually one year. The key is that real gross domestic product is measured in constant prices, the prices for a specific base year. Real gross domestic product, also termed constant gross domestic product, adjusts gross domestic product for inflation. A contrasting measure is nominal gross domestic product, which does not adjust for inflation.
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Only 1% of the U.S. population paid income taxes when the income tax was established in 1914.
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"We succeed in enterprises (that) demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those (that) can also make use of our defects." -- Alexis de Tocqueville, Statesman
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