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So let's talk about micro versus macro, right? at a very basic level, micro deals with markets that are only a small part of the economy.
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Macro deals with markets or situations that are in a large part of the economy.
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So the first one, econ v.
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Marketing majors, is a micro issue.
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Why is this a micro issue? because they are a small part of the economy, right? marketing majors versus econ majors is only like one or two percent of the economy.
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If econ majors started earning 10 % more than marketing majors, it wouldn't completely disrupt the economy, right? ipad production.
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Again, on the micro side, ipads are just not that big a part of the national economy, right? that is a micro issue.
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Ipads are a very, very tiny slice of the entire economy.
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Think about how much stuff is in the entire economy, right? we have to buy food and houses and cars and electronics.
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And furniture, pay for university, right? ipads, you know, nobody is spending 50 % of their income on ipads.
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Unemployment in recession is a macro issue because the labor market is a massive market.
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Almost everyone is in the labor market, right? anyone with a job or anyone thinking about getting a job is connected by the labor market.
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The labor market is the biggest market in the economy by far.
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It affects almost everyone.
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And that makes it a macro issue, right? prices and money supply...