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The level of long-run aggregate supply is affected by all of the following except

Which of the following policies is designed specifically to directly promote technological change in an economy?

Firms free ride on the research and development of other firms when they

In the dynamic aggregated demand and aggregate supply model, if AD shifts further than AS

Year Nominal Minimum Wage CPI (1982-1984 = 100) 1974 $2.00 49.3 2022 $7.25 292.7   The table above lists the actual minimum wage and CPI in 1974 and in 2022. Using the above table, calculate the real minimum wage for 1974 and 2022. Are workers better off in terms of the purchasing power of a dollar in 1974 or 2022? Explain why.  

The HIV drug, Sustiva, is a competitive inhibitor of one of HIV’s enzymes called reverse transcriptase. Unfortunately, the high mutation rate of HIV means that the virus rapidly acquires mutations that make them resistant to these competitive inhibitors. Where in the reverse transcriptase enzyme would amino acid changes need to take place in order to render the drug useless?

Spending on the war in Afghanistan was essentially categorized as government purchases. How did decreases in spending on the war in Afghanistan affect the aggregate demand curve?

Define the two categories of saving in the economy.

What are the historical roots of the Israel/Palestine conflict?

NASA is planning a mission to examine the outer planets of the solar system. Plants will be grown to produce oxygen and to recycle carbon dioxide. Since the spacecraft will be too far from the sun for photosynthesis, an artificial light source will be needed. If there is a system failure and the lights go dark, what will happen to CO2 levels?