Economics : Macroeconomics

https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/country-statistical-profiles-key-tables-from-oecd_20752288 Using the South University online library, the Internet, and the data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), research comparative international work and compare the United States and Canada with respect to which country is more effective in the areas of (1) economic growth; (2) expenditure (public and private expenditure on health); …

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A new type of third-party-reimbursement healthcare payment plan is emerging in the United States. CDHPs strive to control costs and improve quality of care by requiring consumers to take control of their own healthcare decisions. Consumers decide how they want to spend their healthcare dollars, depending on what is important to them. CDHPs are geared …

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Go to the following URL https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/07/29/apple-google-facebook-amazon-congress-hearing/ and learn about the recent Congressional hearings held where Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google testified before Congress. Are these cases of monopoly or oligopoly power? Why or why not? Should the government be doing something to limit the market power of these firms? What do you think should be …

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Your son is graduating from high school and is about to enter the work force. He has developed a strong curiosity about our economic system and how it works. Because you have a good understanding of basic economics, he has asked you to explain several concepts that are essential to an understanding of how the …

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What does gross domestic product (GDP) tell us? How did GDP change from 2008? What caused these changes? What is real GDP? What was real GDP in 2008 and has it changed since 2008? What was national income (NI) for 2008? What does national income tell us? What is the difference between GDP and NI? …

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