The Little Book of Economics: How the Economy Works in the Real World (Little Books. Big Profits)
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The Little Book of Economics: How the Economy Works in the Real World (Little Books. Big Profits)
How do you know a recession has occurred? Easy: a press release goes out.
Greg Ip • The Little Book of Economics: How the Economy Works in the Real World (Little Books. Big Profits)
A dollar invested to produce more stuff tomorrow is a dollar not available to spend on stuff today. Thus, for someone to invest a dollar, someone else must save a dollar; and so a key ingredient of growth is saving.
Greg Ip • The Little Book of Economics: How the Economy Works in the Real World (Little Books. Big Profits)
The share of the working-age population either working or looking for work is called the labor force participation rate.
Greg Ip • The Little Book of Economics: How the Economy Works in the Real World (Little Books. Big Profits)
productivity far less than his first. This is the law of diminishing returns.
Greg Ip • The Little Book of Economics: How the Economy Works in the Real World (Little Books. Big Profits)
In a nutshell, growth rests on two building blocks: population and productivity. 1. Population determines how many workers a country will have. 2. Productivity, or output per worker, determines how much each worker earns.
Greg Ip • The Little Book of Economics: How the Economy Works in the Real World (Little Books. Big Profits)
Harry Truman said “a recession [is] when your neighbor loses his job; it’s a depression when you lose yours.”
Greg Ip • The Little Book of Economics: How the Economy Works in the Real World (Little Books. Big Profits)
according to the Economist, is that a depression is a contraction in economic activity of at least 10 percent or lasting at least three years.
Greg Ip • The Little Book of Economics: How the Economy Works in the Real World (Little Books. Big Profits)
Expenditure-based GDP. Total of all the money spent on stuff. 2. Income-based GDP. Total of all the money earned producing stuff.
Greg Ip • The Little Book of Economics: How the Economy Works in the Real World (Little Books. Big Profits)
The unemployment rate is the single best signpost of the economy’s health. When the economy reaches full strength, the unemployment reaches its so-called natural rate.