powerful, diverse, and technological advanced economy in the world. Oriented economy, private individuals, and business firms make most of th decisions. Government purchases of goods and services are made predominantly in the marketplace. US business firms have greater flexibility than their counterparts in Western Europe and Japan in decisions to expand capital plant, lay off surplus workers, and develop new products. In all economic sectors, US firms are at or near the forefront in technological advances, especially in computers, medical equipment, and aerospace, although their advantage has steadily narrowed since the end of World War 2. The excelled technology explains the gradual development of a " two - tie labor market" in which those at the bottom lack the education and professional / technical skills of those at the top and, fail to get pay raises, health insurance coverage, and other benefits.The circular flow - The continuous movement of production, income, and resources between producers and consumers. This flow moves through product markets, as the gross domestic product of our economy and is the revenue received by businesses in payment for this production. The flow of revenue flows to resource markets as payments by businesses for the resources employed in production. The payment received by resource owners is income. Resource owners use this income to purchase goods and services through the product markets. This flow can be altered in a number of different ways, especially by government. Taxes are sliced by income, wages, profit, etc., but are then used for expenditures by government on other things bought through the product markets. Consumers also divert a portion of their income into saving, which is then used to finance the federal deficit or business investment. For every buyer there is a seller, The seller receives what the buyer buys, The buyer gives money for goods and the seller gives goods for money.National in...
