Ask an Economic Question

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I am looking to explain economic principles / ideas/ recent developments in economics. I can’t promise to answer, but will try if it meets the criteria below.

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  1. An inferior good is an economic term that describes a good whose demand drops when people’s incomes rise. This occurs when a good has more costly substitutes that see an increase in demand as incomes and the economy improve.

    Inferior goods—which are the opposite of normal goods—are anything a consumer would demand less of if they had a higher level of real income. They may also be associated with those who typically fall into a lower socio-economic class.
    simply saying, inferior good is a low-quality and cheap good that are may be substitute for normal goods when income falls. For example, butter is a normal good, but margarine is the cheap substitute to normal good and that is why it is an inferior good.

  2. Discuss the impacts of a fall in the sterling exchange rate on the UK’s Balance of Payments accounts and UK economic growth (25)

  3. Using the HDI, explain the important differences in the following countries’ development levels. Consider country X with a GDP per capital of US $15,000 a life expectancy of 83 years, an adult literacy rate of 87% and the combined gross enrolment ratio of 85.7%. country Y with a GDP per capital of US $5.523 a life expectancy of 45years, an adult literacy rate of 56.6% and the combined gross enrolment ratio of 69.5%.

  4. please update graph on minimum living wage and add cost of living index.
    better still graph the real-terms minimum living wage.
    A lot of talk about this in the oress today and nothing to indicate whether this is a real benefit or just catching up with a freeze during austerity.

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