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Access the Wall Street Journal

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Access the Wall Street Journal either through the Liberty University Online Library or through a personal 

subscription. Each unit will have a different list of topics to choose from.

Module/Week 5 Topic Choices:

Federal budget deficits

Mandatory government spending

Effects of the federal debt on the economy

Laffer curve

Crowding out

Automatic stabilizers

Expansionary fiscal policy

Make sure to select articles (300 words or more) that address all of the needed information below. Short articles will often not provide you with enough detail to write about. In addition, purely statistical releases of data are not wise selections either. Articles must be no older than 2011. For each article, do the following:

 
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a good with a generates no deadweight loss when taxed

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a good with a generates no deadweight loss when taxed 

 
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Unemployment

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Unemployment rises and real gross domestic product (GDP) growth slows during the:    a.  expansion

phase of a business cycle.

    b.  recession phase of a business cycle.

    c.  entire business cycle.

    d.  recovery phase of a business cycle.

    e.  short-run phase of a business cycle

 
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if the price increases by 10%

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if the price increases by 10%, by how much does the quantity of household a) natural gas and b) electricity change

in the short run and in the long run? Hint; use price elasticity values in  Table 4-3

NOTE: calculate the percentage decrease in quantity due to 10% increase in price.

natural gas is 1.40 short run and 2.10 long run

electricity is 0.13 short run and 1.89 Long run

 
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