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I studied PPE at Lady Margaret Hall college, Oxford University, and currently work as an Economics A Level teacher. I have also examined several different economic units for Edexcel AS and A2.
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My previous question arose because I was a bit confused with why qe aims to explicitly lower long term interest rates and not just interest rates in general.
does the demand for money increases when there is an increase in interest rates? If so, why?
you explain the meaning of the term monetising debt?
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Why does a build up of foreign exchange reserves lead to inflation as outlined in the paper?
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What were the causes of Greece’s and Cyprus’s current financial crises?
Greece decided to turn money burning into an Olympic Sport and so they ran out of money. Cyprus is just a rubbish country.
What supply side measures has the UK government taken to stimulate growth in the economy in 2013?
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What country’s moved from being market to command economy or move from being command to market economy?
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Is lobbying a legislative body to invest in a company’s or an industry’s R&D considered rent-seeking? Under what circumstances is it so (or not-so)? What if the industry is heavily consolidated in the affected legislative region (e.g. municipality, state, country)?
I am not an Economist, but I am thinking about the motivations of politicians to encourage value-adding rather than rent-seeking. It seems (from my ignorant POV) that there’s much more (and many more) incentive for politicians to reward rent-seeking than creation of new wealth.
Why do countries that experience a boom risk loosing international competitiveness?
what is the difference between a partnership and a company?
what is agricultural productivity
In finance and economics, there are such things as “bubbles” in the economy. And when bubbles start forming, it normally isn’t a good thing. My question is, how many different kinds of “bubbles” are there? Such as the property bubble or stock market bubble. And how do they form and what are their economic impacts?
What segment of government is responsible for raising and reducing taxes?
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Is accommodative monetary policy the same as expansionary monetary policy?
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How does a current account surplus change demand in an economy?