·         How economists are both scientists and policymakers and what process society uses to allocate its scarce resources. ·         Using the circular flow model, explain the flow of money and goods in an economy. ·         How does the economy coordinate society's independent economic actors. ·         A country's gross domestic product (GDP) and how it is defined and calculated. ·         How the consumer price index (CPI) is constructed and why it is an imperfect measurement of the cost of living.

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·         How economists are both scientists and policymakers and what process society uses to allocate its scarce resources.

·         Using the circular flow model, explain the flow of money and goods in an economy.

·         How does the economy coordinate society's independent economic actors.

·         A country's gross domestic product (GDP) and how it is defined and calculated.

·         How the consumer price index (CPI) is constructed and why it is an imperfect measurement of the cost of living.

 

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