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Real Life Examples Flashcards

1
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Increase in supply

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Newly found oil deposits

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Decrease in supply

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Drought, reducing crop yields of cocoa plants in Ghana

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Increase in demand

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Successful marketing campaign for a new soft drink: changes in consumer preferences

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4
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Decrease in demand

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Moral reasons: Starbucks of corruption and tax evasion reduces demand

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5
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Merit goods

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Public libraries

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Demerit goods

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Alcohol, cigarettes, drugs

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7
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Substitutes

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Coke and Pepsi

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8
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Complements:

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Coffee machines and coffee pods

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9
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Inferior

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Own brand groceries

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10
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Luxury

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Fine wine

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Necessity/commodity

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Food, water, shelter, medicine/healthcare

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12
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Interventionist Supply side policies

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  • Norway spends 7.6% of its budget
  • Singapore offering Jobs Support Scheme to SMEs during COVID-19
  • Supporting emerging industries: Pakistan is looking to double its IT industry in two years by setting up dedicated tech zones across the country
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13
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Income and wealth distribution

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  • US, 2020: richest 0.1% own over 20% of the country’s wealth and top 1% owns over 40% of wealth
    Three richest Americans held more wealth than the bottom 50%
  • England: less than 1% owns more than half of England (about 25000 of landowners)
  • World: top 1% owns half of the world’s wealth. The bottom 50% owns less than 2% of the global wealth
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14
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Expansionary Fiscal Policy

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American Recovery and Re-investment act (2009)
The US govt included a stimulus package in response to the great recession

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15
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Quantitative Easing

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Abenomics (2012 - 2018)
fiscal + monetary policies
aimed at stimulating growth and ending deflation

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15
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Fall in taxes

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GST Tax in India (2019)
Indian govt cut the GST on a number of goods to boost consumer demand and stimulate

16
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Fiscal budget cuts

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Canadian Federal Governments Budget Cuts (1995)
- to reduce the budget deficit
- stabilising govt. finances
- PM Jean Chrétien

17
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Austerity

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Austerity measures in Greece (2010 - 2018)
Reducing government spending and increasing revenue
- cuts to public sector wages and pensions
- cuts to public sector wages and pensions
- increasing taxes
- privatisation of state-owned assets
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18
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Unemployment benefits

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US providing unemployment benefits during COVID 19

-> by feb 2021, over 19 mill were receiving unemployment benefits

19
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Public works programs

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China - infrastructure investment, to create jobs + stimulate economy

in response to 2008 global financial crisis, chinese government launched a massive stimulus program

creating jobs and supported economic growth

20
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Fiscal policy for unemployment

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Spain - wage subsidides
direct aid to businesses during COVID 19

NOV 2021 -> unemployment reate was 14.8%

21
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Active labour market policies

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Germany introduced a vocational training system, combines classroom education with on-the job trainig
esp helpful w youth

2020 german unemploymnet was 5.8% as opposed to the euro area average of 15.4%

22
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Monetary policy for unemployment

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Australia -
RBA during covid 19 lowered interest rates to increase availabilty of credit

DEC 2021 - 4.2%

23
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Taxes on demerit goods

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‘sin taxes’ on alcohol and tobacco products
tax revenue has been used to fund health programs

24
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minimum pricing for demerit goods

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Scotalnd - targets the cheapest, strongest alchoo profucsts

2018

has been effective in reducing alcohol consumption in heavy drinkers

25
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demerit goods - education

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Australia - range of health education campaigns

tobbaco + alc

changing attitudes, mass media campaigns, school-based programs, community outreach initiatives

26
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monopoly power - laws

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antitrust laws in US

1890

break up monopolies in oil, telecommunications and software

27
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monopoly power - laws eu

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Merger control laws

2023/2024

prevent companies from merging in a way that would create a monopoly or significantly reduce competition

esp in pharmaceuticals, telecomms, energy

28
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monopoly power - japan

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price regulatioin

in industries such as electricity and gas

kepps prices in check, been credited with reducing the cost of living for conumers

29
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monopoly power - nationalisation

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Bolivia

nationalised oil and gas
has given the govt, more control over industries and reduced the power of foreign companies

increasing govt. revenue

30
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monopoly power - competition authorities

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SA established a competition commison w the country’s competition act in 1998/1999

preventin anti competitive behaviour

particularly in banking, telecommunicatoins, food + beverage

promoting competitino and reducing monopoly power

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Economics HL +SL (6 decks)

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