Economics

Read the following and answer the questions below: The federal government can take legal action against a firm under antitrust laws if the government believes that the firm has created a monopoly. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) spent two years beginning in 2011 investigating whether Google had violated antitrust laws before concluding that it hadn’t. The European Union, which is an organization of 28 European countries, has similar rules against firms forming monopolies. The European Commission enforces these rules. In early 2011, Microsoft filed a complaint with the European Commission that Google was using its dominant position as an Internet search engine to exclude competitors. In 2013, Google reached a settlement with the European Commission in which the firm agreed to clearly label any search results that directed users to sites that Google owns. Still, many critics argued that both the FTC and the European Commission should take further actions against some of Google’s practices. But is Google a monopoly? Clearly, Google is not the only Internet search option available. Yahoo! has for a number of years operated a search engine, Microsoft operates the Bing search engine, and there are a number of smaller search engines. Critics point out, though, that Google has a dominant market share of 70 percent in the United States and 90 percent in Europe. Can the other search engines effectively compete with Google? Microsoft argues that Google has taken steps to create an effective monopoly: [Google] understands as well as anyone that search engines depend upon the openness of the Web in order to function properly…. Unfortunately, Google has engaged in a broadening pattern of walling off access to content and data that competitors need to provide search results to consumers and to attract advertisers. Microsoft was particularly concerned that Google was limiting the access of other search engines to YouTube, which Google owns: “Without proper access to YouTube, Bing and other search engines cannot stand with Google on an equal footing in returning search results with links to YouTube videos and that, of course, drives more users away from competitors and to Google.” Microsoft also complained that Google was limiting the access of other search engines to many of the books that Google had scanned and made available on the Web. Google, naturally, takes a different view of its position. The company argues that its dominant market share is due to the higher quality of its search engine, not any attempts the company has made to reduce the access of other search engines to online content. In a response to the FTC investigation, Google noted: “We want [users of search engines] to stay with us because we’re innovating and making our products better—not because [they are] locked in.” Many economists consider a firm to have a monopoly if other firms are unable to compete away its profit in the long run. Some economists argue that rapid technological advances affecting search engines and other aspects of the Internet make it unlikely that Google would be able to maintain its current level of profitability indefinitely. The debate over whether other search engines can compete with Google or whether it is effectively a monopoly is likely to continue. A newspaper article has the headline “Google Says It’s Actually Quite Small.” According to the article: Google rejects the idea that it’s in the search advertising business, an industry in which it holds more than a 70 percent share of revenue. Instead, the company says its competition is all advertising, a category broad enough to include newspaper, radio and highway billboards. Questions Why does Google care whether people think it is large or small?  Do highway billboards actually provide competition for Google?  Briefly explain.

Many banks and lending institutions in the United States identify a category of customers whom they refer to as the “mass affluent”. Write a classification essay about this socioeconomic group that explains its common traits and divides this general category into subgroups. Be sure to explain why bankers and stockbrokers might be particularly interested in this segment of the American population.  Directions: Write an essay of 750-1000 words using the technique of classification. Your essay should include an introductory paragraph, several body paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph. Be sure to include a thesis statement as the last sentence of the introduction and a topic sentence to top each body paragraph. You are required to quote from at least one source provided below. ALL ESSAYS MUST BE IN MLA FORMAT. VISIT THE PURDUE OWL WEBSITE  (Links to an external site.)  FOR ALL MLA FORMATTING. There must be one quote from the powerpoint slide i am attaching.

Macropoland, a country that is a natural gas and oil importer, has a natural rate of unemployment (at the full employment level of GDP) that is about 4.5%, and the long run average rate of inflation over time has been about 2%. However, during the period 1973-1974, the country experienced an inflation rate of about 15% while simultaneously experiencing unemployment of nearly 13%. At the present time, Macropoland is experiencing very sluggish consumption and investment (a result of a fall in the housing market), and unemployment has again edged up to around 9%. Inflation is very low at 0.4%. Macropoland has just hired you as their economic advisor. You have a big job ahead of you. Using your knowledge of aggregate demand and aggregate supply, can you explain what happened in these two time periods? Develop a response that includes examples and evidence to support your ideas, and which clearly communicates the required message to your audience. Organize your response in a clear and logical manner as appropriate for the genre of writing. Use well-structured sentences, audience-appropriate language, and correct conventions of standard American English.

In the essay make sure you state the difference in the 2 countries and reason these countries don’t have success in their economy.  My paper is due 12:30 if I can get it by then I will personally tip you good, its ok if you can’t make it by then though.

Prepare a short paper on critiquing the Federal Reserve using the case on 361. Format: APA 7th Edition guidelines, double-spaced, no more than 3 pages, cover page, and reference page

1. Give an example of a firm that is significantly vertically integrated. 2. Give an example of a firm that is very disintegrated and reliant on outsourcing. 3. Give an example of a firm that engages in corporate social responsibility (CSR) or pursues an environmental, social, and governance objective (ESG) objective. Do you think the firm is purely altruistic or is it engaging in strategic ESG? 4. Find a news article that relates to vertical integration, CSR, or ESG. Summarize the article and provide the link.

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Write an essay on a current social or Economic topic with a reference page in APA format

While writing responses to the prompts below, you may need to refer back to the budget you created in the Assignment 2 Financial Plan Budget Excel Template. Make sure you have completed your budget before completing this portion of the assignment.

For this assignment, you will write a  3-page paper (double-spaced, 1-inch margins) providing at least 1 example of how government has overstepped biblical principles in some form of economic policy. Be sure to adhere to the format specified in the Course Style Guidelines document. APA 7th is required.    Options include the following topics: A specific piece of legislation relating to business regulation or taxation. The “party platform” of either the Republican Party or the Democratic Party (or both). The role of the Federal Reserve. The budget process.   You must include at least 3 references in your essay; when citing them, you must adhere to the format specified in the Course Style Guidelines document.