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Galen's Story of Aging Is One of Decline

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Galen's story of aging is one of decline. In midlife he developed cardiovascular disease that dominated his quality of life. Later, he developed mild cognitive impairment and then Alzheimer disease. His story reflects:


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Income Elasticity

A measure of how much the demand for a good or service changes in response to changes in consumer income.

Inferior Good

is a type of good whose demand decreases when the income of consumers increases, contrary to what is observed with normal goods.

Cross-price Elasticity

A measure of how the demand for one good responds to a change in the price of another good, indicating their substitutability or complementarity.

Complements

Goods or services that are used together, where an increase in demand for one leads to an increase in demand for the other.

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