Discuss how zoos have evolved over the past 50 years to become conservation centers. Incorporate the role of zoos in educating the public into your response.

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Answer the following questions in complete sentences using an essay format. See the SLP Assignment Expectations for further directions on formatting and organization.

Assignment Directions:

Discuss how zoos have evolved over the past 50 years to become conservation centers. Incorporate the role of zoos in educating the public into your response.

Discuss some of the economic pressures faced by zoos—namely space, capacity, and resources—that can affect their conservation efforts.

How does a species get on the Endangered Species List?
Take a virtual trip to the zoo using one of the links below and observe at least one of the endangered species.
You can take a virtual visit to the zoo any day of the week by tuning into any of the following live webcams, which feature many endangered animals. The World Wildlife Fund lists many of these animals as priority species.

The Houston Zoo has some of the best webcams of gorillas, rhinos, elephants, flamingos, and giraffes here: http://www.houstonzoo.org/meet-the-animals/animal-webcams/

hat is the total benefit of iPads at the market equilibrium? What is the total cost of producing 300 iPad’s? 

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What are the net benefits to society at the market equilibrium?

At the market equilibrium, what is consumer surplus?

Calculate a numerical answer
What is the total benefit of iPad’s at the market equilibrium?

What is the total cost of producing 300 iPad’s?

Who is the economic agent generating the externality and who are the agents that are directly and unintentionally affected by the actions of the generating agent?

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Step 1.  watch the TED talk by Rob Harmon discussion about markets helping keep streams in Montana flowing (Duration – 8 minutes 47 seconds)
Rob Harmon TED talk (Links to an external site.)

Step 2. Virtually explore your own neighborhood, town, or city and find an example of a negative externality.

Step 3. Tell us about it in a discussion post. Your post must include four (4) things:
Identification of your local environment negative externality.
One (1) point

An assessment of the market failure that allows the externality to occur. Why are existing markets failing?
Two (2) points

Identification of the parties involved. Who is the economic agent generating the externality and who are the agents that are directly and unintentionally affected by the actions of the generating agent?
Two (2) points

Compose a 250 word (max) discussion of if and how you could use a market-based solution (similar to the one in the video) to align incentives to correct the externality in your community.
Three (3) points

Step 4. Peer Review:  respond to one of your classmates posts and provide the following two (2) items:

An assessment of whether their externality is an issue in your community as well
A critique of their chosen market-based solution with one (1) positive aspect and one (1) aspect that needs improvement

Analyze how the economic concentration in the area you chose was influenced by competition and pricing.

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Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper evaluating economists’ assessments of the role the 4 factors of production played in determining how the economic concentration you selected has evolved. Complete the following in your paper:

Analyze how the economic concentration in the area you chose was influenced by competition and pricing.
Analyze how the economic concentration in the area you chose influenced the supply chain.
Analyze which of the 4 factors of production were the most and least important in determining the economic concentration of the area you chose.
Predict changes you anticipate for the area of economic concentration you chose. Support your predictions.

Consider the resources provided and other academically appropriate sources. The use of charts and tables to illustrate data is highly encouraged.

Explain how your articles are consistent with your own findings.

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Macroeconomics on The Philippians

Your project needs to consists of finding at least two different current-news articles related to the country you selected (My country is the Philippians). The articles have to be no older than three months and must be related to the economy of the country.

Explain how your articles are consistent with your own findings. You need to relate the articles to any of the concepts discussed during the previous weeks: GDP, inflation rates, unemployment, government monetary policies (money supply, exchange rates) or fiscal policies (taxes, government spending), international trade (trade balance, exchange rates), production, economic growth, etc.

Your articles MUST be from a news source. They cannot be from a blog, professional journal, dictionary, data site, or encyclopedia (that includes Wikipedia).

 

How may the level of competition in your industry affect the supply of workers?

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ANSWER THE FIVE QUESTIONS
Question 1 How may the level of competition in your industry affect the supply of workers?

Question 2 How many levels of unemployment in your industry affect the supply of workers?

Question 3 Can you identify three functions of the Australian Fair Work Ombudsman and Fair Work Commission?

Question 4 Can you identify five employee rights that are addressed by the Australian fair work act of 2009?

Question 5 Describe the following four types of labour forecasting techniques?
Analysis of work operations

Assume that this is a competitive market, what will happen to the market selling price and the market quantity that is bought and sold in the market for “Good X”?

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Microeconomics Econ Brief (150 points)
Format: APA formatting
Number of pages: 2-4
Spacing: double (Excluding title, header, name, page number etc.)
References: Any
Graphs: Include any graphs or charts and refer to them in the text or essay.
Case study: “Good X”
Assume in a simple example that two changes occur simultaneously in an economy which produces “Good X”
The economic changes that occur in the market are: (1) An increase in the number of seller/producers in the economy who make “Good X”, and (2) An increase in the number of consumers who purchase “Good X”
Assume that this is a competitive market, what will happen to the market selling price and the market quantity that is bought and sold in the market for “Good X”?
Finally, please cite an example from the news of a current event in real life that relates to the one of the economic changes occurring ( ie. An increase in the number of consumers in the market or an increase in the number of sellers/buyers in the market) affecting “Good X” above and be sure to explain why it relates.
Use supply and demand analysis to demonstrate your answer and be sure to provide the rationale behind and discuss any interesting observations or outcomes.

What unintended consequences may result from this policy, if any? (Does the policy encourage some people to behave in a way that could create other issues or inefficiencies down the road?)

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Monetary Policy

Assignment Questions

Q1. Background (200 words max)

a) Provide relevant background information and data necessary to understand the context of the policy mentioned in the article. Cite any additional reference used and provide credits for any graph, picture or data borrowed from another source.

Q2. Policy (100 words max)

a) What policy is the article about? What makes it a fiscal policy?

b) According to the article, what purpose is the policy intended to achieve?

Q3. Analysis (200 words max)

a) Who stands to gain and who stands to lose from the policy? Why?

b) What unintended consequences may result from this policy, if any? (Does the policy encourage some people to behave in a way that could create other issues or inefficiencies down the road?)

Q4. Discussion (300 words max)

a) Does the policy follow a more Keynesian, Monetarist or Austrian approach? Why?

b) What other policy could have been followed instead to achieve the purpose mentioned in 2b? Explain. (Note that not doing anything can sometimes also be a policy.)

c) If you were the decision maker, which of the policies described in 2a and 4b would you choose? Why? (Use concepts seen in class to explain how your favored policy would achieve its intended purpose, and why its superior to your less favored policy.)

Guidelines

Include the actual article in your assignment. A link to the article is not sufficient. Include the article’s text with the headline, reporter’s name, newspaper or magazine title, and date.

Be concise. There is only a maximum limit on answers length. A short and precise answer has more value than a long and vague answer.

Finished? Check your writing for grammatical errors. You can make use of online resources from the Writing Center at Staffer Library. Assignments with grammatical errors will be penalized.

Have you referenced every source? Be sure not to plagiarize! Put quotation marks around every quotation.

Now it’s time to submit the assignment. Please submit it in one PDF file. Do not zip your file.

Does a GDP depend on the size of the country?

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Is the GDP a good measure of the wealth of a country? Does a GDP depend on the size of the country? Does the GDP depend on the population?