Author Question: Compare and contrast the concepts of income and wealth. Are these measured as a stock or a flow? ... (Read 46 times)

fahad

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 570
Compare and contrast the concepts of income and wealth. Are these measured as a stock or a flow? Explain.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What does the assumption of perfect knowledge include?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



elizabethrperez

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 344
Answer to Question 1

Wealth, or net worth, is the total value of what an entity owns minus what it owes. It is a stock measure because wealth is measured at a given point in time. Income is the sum of all wages, salaries, profits, interest and other forms of earnings for an entity over a given period of time. Because it is measured over a period of time, it is a flow measure.

Answer to Question 2

It is assumed that households possess knowledge of the qualities and prices of all goods available in the market and that firms have all available information concerning wage rates, capital costs, and output prices.



Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
 

Did you know?

Computer programs are available that crosscheck a new drug's possible trade name with all other trade names currently available. These programs detect dangerous similarities between names and alert the manufacturer of the drug.

Did you know?

Approximately one in three babies in the United States is now delivered by cesarean section. The number of cesarean sections in the United States has risen 46% since 1996.

Did you know?

Critical care patients are twice as likely to receive the wrong medication. Of these errors, 20% are life-threatening, and 42% require additional life-sustaining treatments.

Did you know?

Since 1988, the CDC has reported a 99% reduction in bacterial meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae, due to the introduction of the vaccine against it.

Did you know?

Urine turns bright yellow if larger than normal amounts of certain substances are consumed; one of these substances is asparagus.

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library