All short answers must contain information using no external research. Students are required to respond in their own words using applicable examples and knowledge gained from the class. A typical short answer should be between 100-150 words.
1. Why do economists analyze the macroeconomy from both a positive and normative perspective? In your opinion, which is more important and why?
2. List and describe in your own words 3 determinant of aggregate demand and 3 determinants of aggregate supply?
3. Explain how supply or demand be affected when the following things occur:
Oranges- after a tornado
Automobiles - after a major recall
Spinach- after the FDA announces that spinach can prevent cancer
Flu Vaccines - after technology was discovered to mass produce flu vaccines
4. Compare and contrast the command economy, the capitalist economy, the traditional economy and the mixed economy.
5. What does the GDP indicate about an economy? Can a GDP be manipulated and thus provide inaccurate information about a country's economic production?