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TARIFF: A tax that's usually on imports, but occasionally (very rarely) on exports. This is one form of trade barrier that's intended to restrict imports into a country. Unlike nontariff barriers and quotas which increase prices and thus revenue received by domestic producers, a tariff generates revenue for the government. Most pointy-headed economists who spend their waking hours pondering the plight of foreign trade contend that the best way to restrict trade, if that's what you want to do, is through a tariff.
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Lesson 22: Factor Supply | Unit 2: Resources
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Capital: Financial And Physical
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- Most of the productive capital used in the economy involves ownership and control by the same entity.
- Let's examine this further.
- Ownership: First, capital goods, like all property, wealth, and resources are ultimately owned by people.
- Control: Second, control over the use of capital goods is often by someone other than the owners.
- While the market for capital services might be somewhat exclusive, two related markets are not.
- Physical Capital: At times, the term factor market is erroneously used when referring to a capital goods market.
- Financial Capital: The markets for financial capital are significantly more competitive that the markets for specific capital goods.
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AGGREGATE DEMAND INCREASE, LONG-RUN AGGREGATE MARKET A shock to the long-run aggregate market caused by an increase in aggregate demand resulting in and illustrated by a rightward shift of the aggregate demand curve. An increase 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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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time looking for the new strip mall out on the highway hoping to buy either a how-to book on home remodeling or a tall storage cabinet with five shelves and a secure lock. Be on the lookout for fairy dust that tastes like salt.
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During the American Revolution, the price of corn rose 10,000 percent, the price of wheat 14,000 percent, the price of flour 15,000 percent, and the price of beef 33,000 percent.
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ACV
Actual Cash Value
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