Chapter 14

Chapter 14 (1)  What are taxes?
1.Look at the three types of tax sturctiures on page 360.  Identify the three types and and summarize their differences.
2. Which type of tax structure is identified on page 361.  Do you think this is fair?  Explain why.
3. Look at the cartoon on page 362.  Why are taxes necessary?
4. Look at the chart 14.3 on page 363.  What is the point of the chart?  Who do you think pays more taxes (incidence of tax) on an elastic demand : consumers or producers?  What about demand that is inelasitic:  consumers or producers?
Answer questions 3, 4, and 6 on page 363.

14(2) Federal taxes
1. Look at the Federal Income Tax Rates, 2003 (367).  Are these tax rates proportional or progressive?
2. Look at global connections (368)  What is a value added tax?  Would you recommend one for the US?  Why or why not?
3. What is a the point of the picture on 369? What is an incentive?
Answer questions #1-4 on page 369.

Read the profile on Henry J. Aaron. (370) 
What is an entitlement?  Why does Aaron have major concerns about  Social Security? 

Due Thursday:
14(3) Federal Spending
1. What is the point of the cartoon on page 374?
Answer questions 1-4 on page 374.

14(4) State and local taxes and spending
1. Why is the picture on page 375 in this section?
2. Look at the chart on page 376, What are three of the largest sources of state revenues in 2001, what are three of the largest state expenditures?
3. Look at picture on 377.  Should snow plowing be part of  a states operating or capital budget?
4.  Look at the fast fact on page 378.  Why do you think sales tax free NH has such high property tax rates?
Answer questions #1-4 on page 380.

Read real life case study (381)
How many tax cuts did President Bush pass?  Who do you think benefitted the most from these tax cuts?  Explain

Macro economics chapter 12

We are going to look at the problems in the US  20th century economy by reading parts of Rethinking America by Hedrick Smith.

Chapter 12: Gross Domestic Product and Growth

12 (1) p. 301  identify each of the key terms in 7 words or less for each term.

Look at the chart on page 302.  How does expenditure approach differ from income approach?

List 3 facts about the underground economy (p. 305)

Answer questions #1-7 on page 308  (odd/even)

12(2) p. 310   Identify the key terms in 7 words or less for each term.

What does the graph on page 312 show

What does the Global connection on page 314 show the relationship between?

What does the green flag on page 316 show?

Answer questions 1-5 on page 316 (odd/even)

Answer questions #1+2 on page  317

12(3)  Identify the key terms on page 318 in 7 words or less for each term.

How is capital deepening shown on the chart on page 322?

How does the fast fact on page 323 explain how innovations impact business efficiency?

Answer questions # 1-5 on page 324. (odd/even)

Answer questions 1+ 2 on page 325.

Macro Economics HW Chpt 13

What is the difference between micro and  macro economics?
What are the 3 national goals?
What does  C+I+ G+ (x-m) mean?
What is the difference between the multiplier effect and the acceleration principle?
How will the Federal Government shut down impact the economy?


13(1) Unemployment
Answer  Global connections question on page 335.
Questions 1-6 (odd/even) page 336

13(2) Inflation
What is a wage price spiral (page 342)?
Questions 1-6 (odd/even) page 343.

Read Oprah Winfrey (344)Answer questions 1+2 (odd/even)

13(3) Poverty
Look at poverty rates by group ( 346) What race and gender  has the highest and lowest rates of poverty.
What does the Lorenz curve (348) show?
Questions 1-8 (350) odd/even
Questions 1+2 on page 351.

Chapter 5 Supply

5(1) Understanding Supply
Identify
Supply
Law of Supply
Quantity Supplied
Supply Schedule
Variable
Market Supply Schedule
Supply Curve
Market Supply Curve
Elasticity of Supply
everything is elastic over time

Look at figure 5.1 (101)  How is the law of supply different than the law of demand?

Look at the picture (102)  What causes different genres of music to be created?

Look at figure 5.2 (103)  What does the chart say about the pizzeria owners decisions?

Look at figure 5.5 (105) If a  supply is inelastic, how will supply react to a small increase in price?

Look at the oranges on 106?  Why is its supply inelastic, but its demand is elastic?

5(1)  questions on page 106: ____________________________


5(2)  Costs of Production
Identify
marginal product of labor
increasing marginal costs
diminishing marginal returns
fixed cost
variable cost
marginal cost
marginal revenue
operating cost

Look at figure 5.6 (109) Why does marginal product of labor decrease after the 3rd bean bag chair?

Look at figure 5.7.  What is the difference between increasing, diminishing, and negative marginal returns?


What example is given in the fast fact (110)?

Look at figure 5.8  Identify examples of  fixed and  variable cost?

Look at 5.9(111)  Why is marginal revenue always $24?

Look at  5.10 (112) Why does the marginal cost curve look like a check?

Why is the shuttered factory pictured on page 114?

5.2 Questions   Group   _____________________________________











5.3 Changes in Supply
Identify
Subsidy
excise tax
regulation

Look at 5.12 (117)   Which graph shows the effects  of higher costs?  Left or Right

Read Global Connections (118) How did EU subsidies lead to a wine lake and a butter mountain?

Look at the picture (118)  Who does the French government subsidize?  Why when food is cheaper from other sources?

Why is the windmill farm pictured on page 119?

Look at the picture on page 120.  Why does inflation lead to shortages?

5(3)  Questions  Group ______________________________

Chapter 4

4(1)  Understanding Demand  (79-
Define: 
demand
law of demand
substitution effect
income effect
demand schedule
market demand schedule
demand curve

Look a figure 4.1  What does the law of demand say about lower prices?

Look at figure 4.2  What two effects does it show?

What two types of demand schedules are shown on figure 4.3?

Section 1 questions  Group_______________________

4(2)  Shifts in Demand Curve
Define:
ceteris paribus
normal good
inferior good
complements
substitutes

What is pictured on page 85?

Look at 4.6  What is shifting?

What inferior good is pictured on page 86?

What expectation pictured on page 87 changed demand?

What complementary goods are pictured on page 88?

Section 4(2) questions :  Group  _______________________

4(3)  Elasticity of Demand
Define:
elasticity of demand
inelastic
unitary elastic
total revenue

Read Global connections (91)  What caused a change in the Indian government in 1988?

Look at the picture on page (93) Which demand is inelastic and which is inelastic?  Why?

Look at the picture (94)  How are economic conditions reflected in the two car advertisements?

Look at the 4.8 revenue table?  At what individual price do you think a pizzeria could maximize its revenue?  Why? Remember complementary products to pizza.

Look at figure 4.9 (96) How does revenue signal elasticity?

Section 4(3) questions   Group  _____________________

Chapter 3 homework

Vocabulary for Chapter 3

3(1)
profit motive
open opportunity
legal equality
private property rights
free contract
competition
interest group
public disclosure laws
public interest

3(2)
macroeconomics
microeconomics
GDP
business cycle
work ethic
technology

3(3)
public sector
private sector
free rider
market failure
externality

3(4)
poverty threshold
welfare
AFDC
cash transfers
in kind benefits

Economics interview project

Business Interview-  

Presentations due week of October 10, 2017

Only Rule: DO NOT ASK WHAT THE PERSON EARNS/YEAR

PowerPoint / visual needed for presentation

Speak to a Sole Proprietor, partner, or manager of a business

Name of subject interviewed

Name of establishment and how long it existed

How long has the person worked at the establishment?

Story behind the start up or the person getting involved in establishment

Type of investment in business-

      Physical and human capital, natural

      Fixed costs

      Variable costs

Target audience, how do they reach their customer? (advertisement…)

How do they expand their market share?

Seasonal and cyclical nature of business?

Any indicators of  the business cycle changing?

Employee expectations?

How do local, state or federal regulations impact business?

What type role can government play in helping your business?

What types of sacrifices had to be made to make a successful business?

What are the benefits of owning or managing a business?

Words of wisdom to someone looking to enter the field?