3. Explain Adam Smith’s view of the relationship between the
division of labor, economic growth and...
3. Explain Adam Smith’s view of the relationship between the
division of labor, economic growth and a system of natural liberty.
Why did he believe that a system of natural liberty was necessary
for economic growth? Elaborate.
According to Adam Smith’s Invisible Hand Theory involving
specialization and division of labor, People specialize where
opportunity costs are at a maximum. People specialize where their
opportunity costs are lowest. People do not specialize. People
specialize in the activity that pays the highest wage. People
specialize in the activity that they enjoy the most, no matter what
the salary is.
For Adam Smith, the capacity for the division of labour and thus
economic growth was principally dependent on:
The quality of the land.
The wealth of the land-owning class.
The extent of the market.
The concentration of trade in a small number of chartered
companies in the colonies.
All of the above.
None of the above.
What was the role of the division of labor and
specialization in Smith’s The Wealth of Nations? What fear did
Smith hold in regard to the division of labor? What role did the
government have in correcting this and, more broadly speaking, in
the rest of society?
What is the relationship between i) actual and potential
economic growth and ii) labor productivity and total factor
productivity? (Kindly explain in details)
Explain the relationship between economic growth and
development. Be sure to define carefully what is economic growth
and what is development. In what sense is economic growth thought
to be necessary but not sufficient for development? Discuss how
Amartya Sen’s idea of development as freedom differs from
traditional understanding of development as increase in standard of
living?
1.Define, discuss, that demonstrates the relationship between
Adam Smith’s Invisible Hand Theory and Perfect Competition?
2. discuss the necessary conditions that must exist in order for
a market to be perfectly competitive.
3. discuss the notion that for a perfectly competitive firm to
maximize profit they must operate at the point where MR=MC which is
the same as P=MC?
4.discuss the difference between the short run shut down point
and the long run going out of business point?
5.discuss when...
(History of Economic Thought) Question.
Why is division of labor so important for Adam Smith? Make sure
that you also observe the connections Smith made between the
‘division of labor’ and the ‘market size’ on one hand, and the
effects of this division on the ‘health of the worker’ on the
other.
A) Explain the relationship between economic growth and income
inequality. Based on your answer, explain the phenomenon described
by development economists as the Kuznets Inverted U curve.
B) What evidence supported the Kuznets inverted U curve,
albeit mostly speculative? [Kuznets readily admitted that the basis
for the relationship was “perhaps 5 percent empirical and 95
percent speculation”].
Also, what was W. Arthur Lewis’ model’s evidence and
assumption in support of the Inverted U curve?
C) What evidence has been advanced...