- •Text 1. History of economic thought
- •1Complete each sentence with a word or phrase from the box.
- •2 Now read the text again and decide whether these statements are true or false.
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- •1 Choose the correct answer a, b or c from the list below.
- •3. Discuss these questions with your partner.
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- •1.Complete each sentence with a word or phrase from the box.
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- •1.Match the words and phrases with the definitions.
- •2.Now read the text again and answer these questions in your own words in the space provided below.
- •3.Now listen and tick which transactions in the list are mentioned.
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- •1. Choose the correct answer a, b or c from the list opposite.
- •2. Now read the text again and choose the sentence which best summarises each paragraph.
- •3.Discuss this question with your partner.
- •Exercices
- •1.Match the words and phrases with the definitions.
- •2. Now read the text again and decide whether these statements are true or false. If the statement is false, correct it.
- •3.Discuss this question with your partner.
- •4. Try to complete this paragraph about autarchies by using words from the box.
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- •1.Match the words with the definitions.
- •2.Now read the text again and match each paragraph with the correct heading.
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- •Match the words and phrases with the definitions.
- •3. Discuss these questions with your partner.
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- •1. Answer the questions.
- •2. Choose the necessary word and put in the sentence.
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- •1.Choose the correct answer a, b or c from the list opposite.
- •2. Now complete each sentence with words. Then listen and check your answers.
- •4. Discuss the following with your partner.
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- •1.Now read the text again and answer these questions in your own words in the space provided below.
- •2 Choose the correct answer.
- •In the real economy:
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- •I. Match the words with the definitions.
- •II.Now read the text again and complete the sentences below in your own words in the space provided.
- •III. Discuss these questions with your partner.
- •Dialogue
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- •1.Choose the necessary word and put it in the sentence.
- •Answer the questions.
- •Make transformations according to the model.
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- •Answer the questions.
- •2. Choose the necessary word and put it in the sentence.
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- •1. Change the sentences according to the model.
- •Make up the conditional sentences.
- •3. Answer the questions.
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- •1.Complete each sentence with a word or phrase from the box.
- •3 Now listen and complete the summary with words or numbers.
- •5. Give a two-minute talk on price. First make notes below on the following.
- •6. Imagine that you’ve got a good idea for an Internet commerce site (an Internet site which is also a business).Tell your friend what your idea is.
- •Dialogue
- •Change the sentences according to the model.
- •2. Change the sentences according to the model.
- •3. Answer the questions.
- •4. Make sentences interrogative and negative.
- •5. Choose the necessary modal verb and put it in the sentence.
- •1. Complete each sentence with a word.
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- •Change the sentences according to the model.
- •3. Answer the questions.
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- •I. Transform the sentences according to the model.
- •III. Answer the questions.
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- •II. Select the necessary word in the sentence.
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- •1. Answers the questions.
- •2. Choose the necessary word and put.
- •3. Put the verbs in brackets into the proper present tense
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- •Transform the sentences according to the model.
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- •II. Read the text again and choose the best answer or answers for each question.
- •Informal letter
- •Iy Work in groups of three or four. Imagine you and your friends are running the country.Things are not going well! Here are some of your problems.
- •Dialogue
- •Exercises
- •Give affirmative and negative answers to the questions.
Exercises
1.Now read the text again and answer these questions in your own words in the space provided below.
1 Who controls a market economy?
2 Who decides what products are for sale in a free market?
3 What do companies want?
4 Why is competition a good thing?
5 Why does technology exist in the market economy?
6 Why are there no true market economies in the world today?
2 Choose the correct answer.
Adam Smith’s invisible hand theory:
1 People are naturally selfish / helpful.
2 The free market only demands what is good for society / producers.
3 When people work for their own good, they do good for consumers / society also.
In the real economy:
4 In the free market there is a demand for goods which are not expensive / necessary.
5 There is also demand for goods which are good / bad for us.
6 The market / Advertising can create demands that do not normally exist.
3. Discuss these questions with your partner.
-» Do you think most countries have a market which is free from government management?
-» Can you think of any examples supporting or disagreeing with this idea?
Text 4. The labour market
In many ways the relationship between employers and workers is similar to the relationship between consumers and producers: workers offer a service (the labour they provide), employers buy that service at a price they can afford (the wages they pay). As you can see, it's a kind of market. In economics, it's called the labour market.
In any market for products and services, consumers try to get the maximum utility, or satisfaction, from their purchase. This is the same in the labour market. What do companies want from their purchase of labour? What utility do they get? The answer is increased output. Output is how much of the product or service the company produces. If there is an increase in demand for their product, they will need to increase output. One way to do this (but not the only way) is to take on more staff. Another is to ask staff they already have to work more hours. In both cases, the company is buying more labour.
Just like any other market, the labour market obeys the laws of supply and demand. The demand is the employers' need for labour. Supply is the labour workers provide. Just like any other commodity, there is a relationship between price and demand. As the price of labour increases, the demand decreases. You can see this shown in figure 1.
The suppliers in the labour market are workers. Just like suppliers in other markets, they want ahigher price for greater supply. In other words, as supply of labour increases, they want higher wages. Again, you can see this shown in figure 1. The wage that workers get for their labour is a compromise between what they want and what companies will pay.
However, there can be shifts in demand. These shifts can cause the overall demand for labour to increase or decrease at any wage rate. For example, if there is an increase in the demand for the end product or service, there will be an overall increase in demand for labour (the demand curve shifts to the right). However, if new technology can replace workers, then there will be an overall decrease In demand for labour (the demand curve shifts to the left).
One more thing which affects demand for labour is workers' productivity. The productivity of a worker is how much they produce in a certain time. For example, imagine that a worker makes ten pencils an hour one day, and only eight pencils an hour the next day. This is a fall in productivity. When worker productivity falls, companies will pay less for labour. They are also less likely to employ new workers.