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XECO 212 EXPERT Spirit of innovation

• XECO 212 Entire Course
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• XECO 212 Week 1 CheckPoint A New House Readiness
• XECO 212 Week 1 Discussion Question 1 2
• XECO 212 Week 2 Assignment Supply and Demand
  Paper
• XECO 212 Week 2 CheckPoint Price Elasticity and
  Supply and Demand Short Answer Quiz
• XECO 212 Week 3 CheckPoint Historical Example of
  Labor Supply and Demand
• XECO 212 Week 3 Discussion Question 1 2
• XECO 212 Week 4 CheckPoint Market Structures
  Table and Questions
• XECO 212 Week 4 Assignment Maximizing Profits in
  Market Structures Paper
• XECO 212 Week 5 CheckPoint A New House Risks and
  Benefits
• XECO 212 Week 5 Discussion Question 1 2
• XECO 212 Week 6 Assignment Money Train Multimedia
  Activity

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• XECO 212 Week 1 CheckPoint A New House Readiness
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• CheckPoint A New House Readiness
• Deciding to buy a house is a lifelong goal for
  many people. Imagine that you are renting a
  studio apartment and have just discovered you are
  having a baby. Your present apartment is small
  and far from schools and local services. You have
  decided to move. There are many factors that come
  into play when making such a large and weighty
  purchase. Examine the decision-making process
  from the perspective of an economist. In your
  Final Project, you use these principles and other
  factors to make a final decision whether to buy a
  house.

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• XECO 212 Week 1 Discussion Question 1 and 2
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•   Discussion Questions
• DQ 1
• Locate recent articles in the New York Times or
  Wall Street Journal in which economists are
  quoted using positive and normative statements.
  Provide one quote and its context for both a
  positive and normative statement. Explain your
  choice. Evaluate the statement choices of your
  fellow students.
• DQ 2
• Select a good that you are familiar with. What
  are the factors that shift the demand curve for
  this good? What are the factors that shift the
  supply curve for this good? How do you expect the
  supply and demand of your selected good to change
  in the next year? Relate your expectation to
  price and quantity.

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• XECO 212 Week 2 Assignment Supply and Demand
  Paper
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•   Assignment Supply and Demand Paper
• Choose one good with which you have had
  experience purchasing
• New home
• New car
• Vacation to a theme park
• Washing machine
• Computer
• College
• Other

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• XECO 212 Week 2 CheckPoint Price Elasticity and
  Supply and Demand Short Answer Quiz
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•   CheckPoint Price Elasticity and Supply and
  Demand Short Answer Quiz
• Complete the Price Elasticity and Supply and
  Demand Short Answer Quiz in Appendix B.
• Post your completed chart as an attachment.

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• XECO 212 Week 3 CheckPoint Historical Example of
  Labor Supply and Demand
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• CheckPoint Historical Example of Labor Supply
  and Demand
• Submit a 250- to 300-word response addressing one
  of the following historical events in terms of
  labor supply and demand the Great Depression,
  the Luddite Revolt, the Black Death, or the
  technology boom of the 1990s. Include the
  following
• What was the impact on the supply and demand of
  labor on one sector of the labor market?
• Explain the factors that affected labor demand
  and labor supply in the chosen historical
  example. 

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• XECO 212 Week 3 Discussion Question 1 and 2
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• Discussion Questions
• DQ 1
• Why do some workers make more money than others?
  Must everyone make the same wage? Explain your
  answers using labor market equilibrium
• DQ 2
• Imagine that you are a business owner. Choose
  whether to hire a new person in the marketing
  department or upgrade your computer system. Each
  choice requires the same amount of investment.
  Address the following topics What factors do you
  use to determine whether to invest in the
  additional capital and labor?
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• XECO 212 Week 4 Assignment Maximizing Profits in
  Market Structures Paper
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• Assignment Maximizing Profits in Market
  Structures Paper
• Consider competitive markets, monopolies, and
  oligopolies. What role does each of these play in
  an economy?
• Write a 1,050- to 1400-word paper on Market
  Structures and Maximizing Profits. Address the
  following
• What are the characteristics of each market
  structure?
• How is price determined in each market structure
  in terms of maximizing profits?
• How is output determined in each market structure
  in terms of maximizing profits?

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• XECO 212 Week 4 CheckPoint Market Structures
  Table and Questions
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•   CheckPoint Market Structures Table and
  Questions
• Complete the Market Structures Table and
  Questions in Appendix C.
• Post your completed table and questions as an
  attachment.
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• XECO 212 Week 5 CheckPoint A New House Risks and
  Benefits
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• CheckPoint A New House Risks and Benefits
• The government and the fiscal policy it
  implements play a large role in the housing
  market. In this CheckPoint, you examine how
  government policy has consequences for you and
  the decision to buy a house. This helps you
  consider situations and alternative decisions in
  your final project.
• Assume for this CheckPoint that purchasing a new
  home is a major decision requiring a substantial
  financial outlay where the wrong decision has
  long-term financial consequences.

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• XECO 212 Week 5 Discussion Question 1 and 2
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•   Discussion Questions
• DQ 1
• What is the relationship between GDP and the
  business cycle? How can you use information about
  the business cycle when making a decision about a
  large purchase

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• XECO 212 Week 6 Assignment Money Train Multimedia
  Activity
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• Assignment Money Train Multimedia Activity
• Compete the Money Train Multimedia Activity.
• Post your three responses as an attachment.
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• XECO 212 Week 6 CheckPoint Money
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• CheckPoint Money
• Submit a 250- to 300-word response addressing the
  following points
• Money acts as a unit of account, medium of
  exchange, or a store of value. Describe each of
  these different functions.
• Provide an example of your use of money in each
  of these different functions.

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• XECO 212 Week 7 CheckPoint A New House Economy
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•   CheckPoint A New House Economy
• The difficulties of the economy affect many of
  the decisions you make as a consumer. No more so
  than when you are buying a house. The health of
  the economy is a factor you must consider when
  buying a house. Sometimes the economy favors
  sellers and at other times it favors buyers. This
  CheckPoint helps you refine your decision to buy
  a house it prepares you to explain in your final
  project how the strength of the economy,
  government spending, and taxes affect the
  marginal costs and benefits of your decision.

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• XECO 212 Week 7 Discussion Question 1 and 2
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• Discussion Questions
• DQ 1
• How does the federal government implement its
  fiscal policies? Given economic conditions today,
  do you suggest expansionary fiscal policy or
  contractionary fiscal policy? How would your
  suggestions affect production and employment?
  Why?
• DQ 2
• Assume the government is running a budget
  deficit. Should the government raise taxes to
  balance the budget? Should the government
  decrease spending to balance the budget? What are
  the pros and cons of each action?
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• XECO 212 Week 8 Assignment International Trade
  Simulation
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• Assignment International Trade Simulation
• Complete the International Trade Simulation.
• Write a 1,050- to 1,250-word report advising the
  President of Rodamia making recommendations for
  international trade. Address the following
• List at least one advantage and one limitation of
  international trade you encountered in the
  simulation.
• Define absolute and comparative advantage in your
  own words.
• Explain how absolute and comparative advantages
  were used in your simulation.

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• XECO 212 Week 8 CheckPoint International Trade
  Debate
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•   CheckPoint International Trade Debate
• Post a 250- to 300-word response to the following
  debate topic The United States must place high
  tariffs and use quotas to restrict trade with
  foreign countries.
• Consider the following issues
• The strength of the dollar on domestic and global
  economies
• Benefits from tariffs or quotas
• Losses from tariffs or quotas

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• XECO 212 Week 9 Capstone DQ
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• Capstone Discussion Question
• In your own words, using the 10 Principles of
  Economics outlined in Ch. 1 of Mankiws
  Principles of Economics, prepare a 200- to
  300-word response to the following questions How
  can each of the 10 principles be applied in an
  example or experience with which you are
  familiar? How do you intend to use your newfound
  knowledge in future economic decisions?

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• XECO 212 Week 9 Final Project A New House
  Decision
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• Final Project A New House Decision
• Review the final project criteria in Appendix A.
• Write a 1,750- to 2,450-word word paper in which
  you decide whether to purchase a house.
• Discuss which principles of economics directly
  relate to your purchasing decision.
• Compare the marginal benefits and the marginal
  costs associated with your purchasing decision.
• Explain how the strength of the economy as a
  whole affected the marginal benefits and the
  marginal costs associated with that decision.

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