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LIQUIDITY: The ease of converting an asset into money (either checking accounts or currency) in a timely fashion with little or no loss in value. Money is the standard for liquidity because it is, well, money and no conversion is needed. Other assets, both financial and physical have varying degrees of liquidity. Savings accounts, certificates of deposit, and money market accounts are highly liquid. Stocks, bonds, and are another step down in liquidity. While they can be "cashed in," price fluctuations, brokerage fees, and assorted transactions expenses tend to reduce their money value. Physical assets, like houses, cars, furniture, clothing, food, and the like have substantially less liquidity.
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Lesson 9: Consumer Demand | Unit 2: Total Utility
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Utility Maximization
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- Utility maximization is the process of obtaining the highest possible level of utility from the consumption or use of goods and services.
- But what if spending 6 or 7 hours at the beach time is not possible. This brings up the notion of constrained utility maximization.
- Constrained utility maximization is the process of obtaining the highest possible level of utility from the consumption or use of goods and services, under given restrictions, when the highest overall level of utility cannot be reached.
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CLASSICAL AGGREGATE SUPPLY CURVE An aggregate supply curve--a graphical representation of the relation between real production and the price level--that reflects the basic principles of classical economics. The classical aggregate supply curve is vertical at the full-employment level of real production indicating that the quantity of aggregate production is independent of the price level. An alternative is the Keynesian aggregate supply curve.
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