What Is IM? How Does It Work

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What is IM? How does it work?

Understand the concept of equilibrium in a market and how it is determined by the forces of supply and demand.

Explain the effects of price ceilings and price floors on market equilibrium.

Analyze the consequences of shifts in supply and demand on equilibrium price and quantity.

Describe the relationship between price and quantity demanded (Law of Demand).

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Definitions:

International Specialization

The economic strategy where countries focus on the production and export of goods and services that they can produce most efficiently.

Full Employment

An economic condition where all available labor resources are being used in the most efficient way possible, typically signifying a very low unemployment rate.

Productive Efficiency

A state where an economy or firm produces goods or services at the lowest possible cost, using all resources effectively.

Production Possibilities Curve

A graph that shows the various combinations of outputs that a society can produce given the available factors of production and technology.