Is planned obsolescence a “natural” phenomenon or simply an ambiguous method of supporting the economy? It is both. Why? How? To clearly elucidate this intriguing topic-to some- this presentation will be divided into six sections-the foundation of our economy, the basis of planned obsolescence, the system in all our products are manufactures and marketed, how this technique is “pulled-off” (in an epithetical fashion) by corporations and how primordial edicts of macroeconomics and microeconomics should
The $400,000-dollar company could be more profitable than the 10-billion-dollar company. An outside investor may want to invest in the new start-up instead of the established company. A creditor may feel safer loaning money to the start-up because the financial statements show that the business will pay its debts. Percentage analysis sidesteps the materiality problems of comparing different companies by measuring changes in percentages rather than absolute amounts (Edmonds
CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Introduction The relationship between money supply and price level is very influential topic in the field of macroeconomic literature, which has received greater attention among government agencies, policy makers and researchers. This topic has been continuously discussed in the economic society since 16th century. The general price level of every economy is being continuously reported to be high from 16th century to present 21st century except some years. These
the reasons for the desertion of currencies are largely unknown to much of the population. This case study focuses on the events that led to the abandonment of the West African cowrie as the main currency and the reasons behind it. The Quantity Theory of Money and Gresham’s law are the main foci of the explanation of this topic. This case study makes use of several publications in an effort to build an argument that proves that the increase in the cowrie supply and the resulting inflation led
When quantity supplied do not equal quantity demanded the outcome is either excess supply or excess demand, and a tendency for price to change. As this happen the consumers will increase their quantity demanded, and the movement toward equilibrium caused by excess supply is both the supply and demand sides. When the excess supply occur quantity supplied is greater than quantity demanded. While the reverse of excess demand quantity demanded is greater than quantity supplied. The excess
1) List three key concepts from the Keynesian School of economic thought: (25 points) At least one concept must describe the management of aggregate demand. a. The primary concept of the Keynesian School of economic thought revolved around the management of aggregate demand. The author of this idea, John Maynard Keynes, believed the economy was fundamentally unable to sustain itself at full employment. One of his proposed solutions to this was for the government to intervene to increase aggregate
journal could be considered as an attempt to interpret and reassess Mr. Keynes’ General Theory of Empoyment within the typical “classic” theory framework and compare Keynes’ view and classical economists’ view. Mr. Hicks starts with setting the typical classical theory in a form that is similar to that where Mr. Keynes does his. He makes the same assumptions for the theory as Mr. Keynes does, which is first, the quantity of factors of production is all fixed and second, only homogeneous labor is counted
Question 1 a) (i) Money facilitates transactions of goods and service as a medium of exchange. (ii) Measurement of value; The value of various goods and services are expressed in terms of money such as $10 per meter, etc. having facilitated modern business and trade. (iii) Store of value; People can store surplus purchasing power and use it whenever they want. (iv) Money is the most liquid asset (Liquidity measures how easily assets can be spent to buy goods and services). B) The quantity equation is
Marx's Theory of Money and the Theory of Value The most important point to emerge from Marx's theory of money is the idea that money is a form of value. The difficulty with this idea is that we are more familiar with money itself than with value in other forms. But value does appear in forms other than money. For example, the balance sheet of a capitalist firm estimates the value of goods in process and of fixed capital which has not yet been depreciated, as well as the value of inventories of
trades. The foundations of this learning process has also came from theories on how to manage and control the economy. This has been built from several thinkers and theorist implanting their ideas into action and having results in the prosperity or failure of an economy. As these theories have evolved as well and some with great prosperity they have been recognized and titled as the Keynesian School of Economic Thought as this is a theory believing aggregate demand is influenced by public and private