3. Uncle Mateo loves shoes and high unemployment. Uncle Mateo owns a small shoe factory in Argentina. His business is doing fairly well, especially because prices in Argentina have been falling, including the cost of labor too, since August of 2024. The date is September 1, 2024, and uncle Mateo texted you the following message in an effort to seek your advice about a new policy the government there is intending to implement to deal with high unemployment rates that started to creep up in early 2024: "Hola (hello) dear niece, As you know, prices in Argentina have been falling recently, which is great because I can now hire more people and buy material cheaper than I used to. Also, I was able to find more workers at lower pay because this unemployment rate has been rising. However, some crazy government people want to change things. I don’t know exactly how their ideas will affect me in the long run, but I am worried. They basically want to lower the unemployment rate, and I might have to pay my workers higher wages as my friend Alvarez told me. So, please explain to me: Why would the government interfere now and lower the unemployment rate? Why don’t they leave things the same? What do you think they are going to do to lower the unemployment rate? Will there be anything good for my business after these government actions? Will I benefit from it or be harmed? Explain, please."

Microeconomics: Private and Public Choice (MindTap Course List)

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Publisher:James D. Gwartney, Richard L. Stroup, Russell S. Sobel, David A. Macpherson

Chapter13: Earnings, Productivity, And The Job Market

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3. Uncle Mateo loves shoes and high unemployment.

Uncle Mateo owns a small shoe factory in Argentina. His business is doing fairly well, especially because prices in Argentina have been falling, including the cost of labor too, since August of 2024. The date is September 1, 2024, and uncle Mateo texted you the following message in an effort to seek your advice about a new policy the government there is intending to implement to deal with high unemployment rates that started to creep up in early 2024:

"Hola (hello) dear niece,

As you know, prices in Argentina have been falling recently, which is great because I can now hire more people and buy material cheaper than I used to. Also, I was able to find more workers at lower pay because this unemployment rate has been rising. However, some crazy government people want to change things. I don’t know exactly how their ideas will affect me in the long run, but I am worried. They basically want to lower the unemployment rate, and I might have to pay my workers higher wages as my friend Alvarez told me. So, please explain to me:

Why would the government interfere now and lower the unemployment rate? Why don’t they leave things the same?
What do you think they are going to do to lower the unemployment rate?
Will there be anything good for my business after these government actions? Will I benefit from it or be harmed? Explain, please."

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