MICROECONOMICS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 1.0 INTRODUCTION – THE SUBJECT MATTER OF ECONOMICS Economics comes from the verb ‘to economise’‚ and this means making ends meet. This is a study of how society makes decisions‚ regarding the allocation of scarce resources. Economics as a subject is divided into two parts; Economics‚ social science concerned with the production‚ distribution
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19th Century Theories 1. Continental thought in the early 19th Century was shaped by a philosophy that rejected material things in favor of a search for inner truth. This philosophy was (a) Cartesian rationalism. (b) classical economics. (c) Marxian economics. (d) social rationalism. (e) dialectical materialism. 2. A school of thought influenced by Auguste Comte’s determinism‚ and which contended that Ricardians “confined the observations on which they based their reasoning to the small
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Terms and Definitions related to Economics Administered price: A price set not by the forces of demand and supply‚ but by some authority like the Government or a regulatory authority. Agenda 21: Programme of action adopted at the Earth Summit in 1992. It has 21 chapters dealing with all aspects of sustainable development‚ conservation‚ and resource management. Appropriation Bill: A bill introduced in the Parliament together with the budget‚ seeking the approval of the House to permit expenditure
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COURSE: BACHELOR OF COMMERCE (BCOM) UNIT: INTRODUCTION TO MACRO-ECONOMICS QUESTION: MICRO-ECONOMICS AND MACRO-ECONOMICS INTRODUCTION Economics is the foundation of all commercial activity and comprises two areas: microeconomics and macroeconomics. Macroeconomics is concerned with the big picture‚ for example‚ the national economy and gross domestic product. By contrast‚ microeconomics is concerned with the small picture and focuses on theories of supply and demand. Microeconomics is
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discusses the basics ideas behind economic analysis and how this framework can be used by managers to make better organizational‚ production‚ and pricing decisions. The chapter introduces the important concept of economic Darwinism and provides an overview of the book. CHAPTER OUTLINES MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS AND ORGANIZATIONAL ARCHITECTURE Organizational Architecture Economic Analysis Academic Application: R&D and Executive Turnover Managerial Application: Economic Incentives and the Subprime Mortgage
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the opportunity cost‚ unemployment‚ discouragement of investment and savings‚ and shortage of goods. Positive effects include the reserve bank adjust their real interest rates and encourage investment in non-monetary capital projects. However the economics in today’s time believe that an economy is said to be in a favorable and a stable condition only if the inflation rate is steady or favorably low(as compared to zero or negative). Most of the most developed countries have managed sustain an inflation
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The purpose of this paper is to prepare a speech that will be provided to a number of reporters that are not well versed with economics. In this paper I will put emphasis on international trade and foreign exchange rates and how those affect the GDP‚ domestic markets‚ and students. I will also outline some of the benefits on goods and services that are imported from other countries and how those contribute to our economy in the United States. What happens when the dollar-value of goods and services
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Q-4) what does “equilibrium price and quantity sold” mean? Are markets always in equilibrium? What happens when they are not? On the supply and demand graph‚ there is one point at which the supply and demand curves intersect. This point is called the market’s equilibrium. The price at this intersection is called the equilibrium price‚ and the quantity is called the equilibrium quantity. The equilibrium is a situation in which various forces are in balance‚ so in market’s equilibrium‚ the equilibrium
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Economics is the social science that studies the behavior of individuals‚ households‚ and organizations (called economic actors‚ players‚ or agents)‚ when they manage or use scarce resources‚ which have alternative uses‚ to achieve desired ends. Agents are assumed to act rationally‚ have multiple desirable ends in sight‚ limited resources to obtain these ends‚ a set of stable preferences‚ a definite overall guiding objective‚ and the capability of making a choice. There exists an economic problem
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Economics | | |Sr. No. |Core Areas |Percentage | |1. |Micro-Economics |15% | |2. |Marco-Economics |15% | |3. |Econometrics
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