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CHAPTER 2
THE ECONOMY: MYTH AND REALITY
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. Which is the biggest national economy on earth? Why has it remained bigger than
other countries with much larger labor forces or those with higher per capita
incomes?
The United States is the country with the largest economy in the world. The relatively
large population in the U.S. is a contributing factor but productivity of workers and
accumulated wealth are significant reasons why the U.S. economy is so large.
2. What is meant by a “factor of production”? Have you ever sold any on a market?
A factor of production, or input, is something that is used to produce a finished good
known as “output.” There are several possible answers, but probably most students have
been employed in some capacity (babysitter, paperboy, or a campus job), so they have
sold their labor in the market to produce output.
3. Why do you think per capita income in Connecticut is nearly double that in New
Mexico?
There are several possible answers to this question—the question is designed to get
students to think about these differences before using models. One straightforward
answer is that the factors of production in Connecticut produce output that is worth more
than what is produced in New Mexico. This could be because labor is more productive in
Connecticut because of a better educated workforce. Another answer is that the cost of
living is higher in Connecticut than it is in New Mexico.
4. Roughly speaking, what fraction of U.S. labor works in factories? In service
businesses? In government?
Roughly 14 percent produce goods, 70 percent are service workers, and approximately 16
percent work in federal, state, and local government.
5. Most American businesses are small, but most of the output is produced by large
businesses. That sounds paradoxical. How can it be true?
While there are many small businesses in the U.S. economy, the value of what they
produce is relatively small. For example, a local grocer cannot produce the same amount
as a large national grocery store. It would take several small grocers to match the
production of a large store. So, while a large retailer like Wal-Mart is considered to be
one business, its production exceeds that of a smaller business.
6. What is the role of government in a mixed economy?
The government is a referee—it enforces laws and establishes order. The government is a
business regulator—it imposes restrictions on businesses on society’s behalf. The
government provides security through national defense. The government levies taxes to
finance its spending. Finally, the government redistributes income from high income
households to lower-income ones.
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After the priest hath given the blessing, the singers sing,
Whoso dwelleth under the defence of the Most High....[48]
And after this, Alleluia, in tone viii.
Verse. Blessed is he whom thou hast chosen....
Verse. And his remembrance is to generation and generation.
Trisagion. And after Our Father.... For thine is the kingdom.
Then, Thou who man-lovingly in depth of wisdom....
Glory.
Our Maker, and our Author, and our God.
Both now.
We have thee as a fortress and a haven....
Then psalm l.
And after this the requiem canon over a departed babe is begun.
Ode i. Tone viii.
Crossing the sea as on dry land....
Refrain. Rest thou the babe, O Lord.
O Word of God, who in the flesh didst poor become, and, without
change, wast pleas’d a babe to be; we pray thee place in Abraham’s
bosom the babe thou hast receiv’d.
Thou wast beheld a babe who ere all ages art, and, as the blessed
one, thy kingdom promis’d hast to babes: O number thou therein the
present babe.
Glory.
The undefiled babe, O Saviour Christ, whom thou received hast
ere earthly pleasures’ trial, vouchsafe eternal blessedness, as lover
of mankind.
Both now.
Thou who unspeakably didst bear him who the Father’s Wisdom is
and Word; heal thou my soul’s sore wound, and my heart’s pain
appease.
Ode iii. Irmos.
O Lord, creator of the vault of heaven and builder of the church;
thou me hast stablish’d in thy love, thou ending of desire, the
faithful’s confirmation, sole lover of mankind.
Refrain. Rest thou the babe, O Lord.
O thou most perfect Word, who didst appear a perfect babe, thou
hast removed to thyself a babe imperfect in its growth, whom do thou
rest with all the just who have been welcome unto thee, sole lover of
mankind.
Him taken hence, not tasting of the pleasures of the world, of
supermundane blessings make participant we pray, O thou
Compassionate One, even the uncorrupted babe, whom thou hast
chang’d by thy divine command.
Glory.
Of heavenly dwellings, and of shining lot, and of the sacred choir
of Saints, O Lord, make the pure babe participant, even him, whom,
Saviour, as thou wast well-pleas’d, thou hast remov’d.
Both now.
Bereft of all, to thy sole shelter, most pure Queen, I fly, O aid thou
me; for I unto much sinful riches cleave, but with a poverty of virtues
am altogether fill’d.
Then the irmos. And after the irmos the priest saith this ectenia.
Again and again in peace let us pray to the Lord.