Ask an Economic Question

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You are welcome to ask any questions on Economics. Though you might also like to try google custom search (top right) to see if the topic has been covered before.

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.

  • Please don’t ask me to do your coursework / assignment e.t.c. (I can usually tell if it is a homework question!)
  • Please don’t ask any maths calculations.
  • The question and answer will be published here so that everyone can see it (including your teacher!)
  • I aim to try and simplify economics; as a rough guide, I would aim at an understanding similar to a good British A Level student.
  • I am looking to explain economic principles/ideas/ recent developments in economics.
  •  I will answer as a new post, if you leave email address, I’ll usually send quick email. Check home page of blog for new post. With question and answers

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2,583 thoughts on “Ask an Economic Question”

  1. I am currently researching the effects of debt on future growth; an issue addressed by articles like Cecchetti et al (2011), Reinhart and Rogoff (2010), Panizza and Presbitero (2014).
    My question concerns the definition of public debt. In particular the usage of gross or net debt. Why is net debt a better measure of government indebtedness than gross debt?

  2. what is labour augmenting ,capital augmenting technical process?

    substitution of steel for wooden ploughs in agricultural production comes into which of these?

  3. How can the UK change the record l>ow base rate of 0.5% to have a significant effect on the economy ?

  4. What do we mean by the following macroeconomic terms:
    Withdrawals (W):
    Injections (J):
    Net Savings (S):
    Net Taxes (T):

  5. Hi
    Not an Economics Q, but a request to show students your website in tuition sessions and include a Web-blog link in a list of links on my small Web-blog which is a collection of resource info for students, rarely clicked on… Thanks

    • it may couse level of children morlity,low lever of income,low techology,it may icrease ilitracy,low lever of infrastructure,it may couse unemployment

  8. I’m currently looking over past papers in preparation for an upcoming exam and one question is “explain what happens, using a labour supply and demand diagram what happens to wages and employment there is an increase in female labour force participation”. I have looked through my entire textbook and cannot find any information on the effects of female labour force participation on wages and employment, could you help me?

  9. Suppose the demand and supply function of this company is given as follows
    Qd=650000-11P
    Qs=700+5P

    Find out the price elasticity of demand and price elasticity of supply of this company when it is in equilibrium and interpret the results

  11. a shift to the right in the demand curve for product A can be most reasonably explained by saying what ?

  12. Hi I am new to the field of economics. I wanted to gain a greater understanding of economics and I was wondering if you had any resources (books, textbooks, films, etc.) to get started with.

    Thank you!

  13. Dear Sir,

    Dear Sir,

    Queries

    1. Kindly suggest the ways to increase tax GDP ratio of developing countries.

    2. What are the Methods adopted by European countries in increasing Tax GDP Ratio.

    Regards

  15. Greetings.
    1. How is investment important to an economy?
    2. What is the difference between gross investment and depreciation?

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