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<para>By the end of this section, you will be able to:</para> <ul> <li>Explain and give examples of positive and negative externalities</li> <li>Identify equilibrium price and quantity</li> <li>Evaluate how firms can contribute to market failure</li> </ul>
In this section, you will:<ul><li>Identify steps for modeling and solving.</li><li>Build linear models from verbal descriptions.</li><li>Build systems of linear models.</li></ul>
<para>By the end of this section, you will be able to:</para><ul><li>Discuss how productivity influences the standard of living</li><li>Explain the limitations of GDP as a measure of the standard of living</li><li>Analyze the relationship between GDP data and fluctuations in the standard of living</li></ul>
<para>By the end of this section, you will be able to:</para><ul><li>Explain how GDP can be used to compare the economic welfare of different nations</li><li>Calculate the conversion of GDP to a common currency by using exchange rates</li><li>Calculate GDP per capita using population data</li></ul>
<para>By the end of this section, you will be able to:</para> <ul> <li>Calculate the annual rate of inflation</li> <li>Explain and use index numbers and base years when simplifying the total quantity spent over a year for products</li> <li>Calculate inflation rates using index numbers</li> </ul>
<para>By the end of this section, you will be able to:</para><ul><li>Explain the connection between trade balances and flows of financial capital</li><li>Calculate comparative advantage</li><li>Explain balanced trade in terms of investment and capital flows</li></ul>
By the end of this section, you will be able to:<ul><li>Explain the Keynesian perspective on market forces</li><li>Analyze the role of government policy in economic management</li></ul>
<para>By the end of this section, you will be able to:</para> <ul> <li>Differentiate among a floating exchange rate, a soft peg, a hard peg, and a merged currency</li> <li>Identify the tradeoffs that come with a floating exchange rate, a soft peg, a hard peg, and a merged currency</li> </ul>
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