__ 1. Economics may best be defined as the: A. interaction between macro and micro considerations. B. social science concerned with how individuals‚ institutions‚ and society make optimal choices under conditions of scarcity. C. empirical testing of value judgments through the use of logic. D. use of policy to refute facts and hypotheses. 2. The scarcity problem: A. persists only because countries have failed to achieve continuous full employment. B. persists because economic wants exceed
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Introduction Economic systems are organized way in which a state or nation allocates its resources and apportions goods and services in the national community. An economic system is slackly defined as country’s plan for its services‚ goods produced‚ and the exact way in which its economic plan is carried out. There are three types of economic systems exist‚ they are command economy‚ market economy‚ and mixed economy. Command economy is also sometimes called planned economy. The expectations
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Economic Loss Economic loss suffered by the C will be regarded as pure if they do not flow from any personal injury to the C nor form any physical damage to their property. The boundaries between pure economic loss and loss which is consequential upon physical damage to the C’s property were investigated by the CoA in Spartan Steel v Martin (1973) QB 27 Like psychiatric injury‚ pure economic loss is often described as a problematic form of damage. Although floodgates arguments are sometimes encountered
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Buddhists Economics Ideas of Buddhist economists are foreign to those of western civilization. In a nation where business profit is the number one priority‚ ethics in Western economics are rarely given the same importance. In Buddha’s Eightfold Path is the principle to Right Livelihood. This means that one must live in such a way that does not bring harm or violence to another being‚ in all aspects of life‚ including how one obtains their wealth. This brings about the matters Buddhist feel
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Economic System (Types‚ Advantages & Disadvantages) Economy: Economy is the wealth and resources of a country in terms of production and consumption of goods and services. Economic System: An economic system is a way in which a nation organizes‚ manages or controls the factors of production (resources) so that the wealth of the country is somehow distributed among its population. How these factors of production are controlled and distributed defines economic system. There are
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headed for an economic collapse? By: John Shepherd America’s collapse Is America headed for an economic collapse? Research indicates the possibility of an economic collapse because of the exorbitant national debt‚ loss of jobs‚ and the falling stock market. History can tell a story that many people overlook. People tend to repeat their mistakes and if we take a look at what is in the past we can predict what the future may hold. In the 1930’s the United States faced an economic emergency that
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3 Major Economic Systems Economic Systems: There are 3 major mainstream economic systems‚ and they are: 1) Market economy 2) Mixed economy 3) Command economy. The distinction between them stems from their approach to answering the 3 basic economic questions: 1) What to produce? 2) How to produce it? 3) How to distribute it? ❖ Market economy: o All economic resources are owned by the people. o They decide how and where to channelize those resources. o The market forces of demand
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16712 The Relationship Between Unemployment and Economic Growth in Jordan and Some Arab Countries Mahmoud A. Al-Habees and Mohammed Abu Rumman Faculty of Planning and Management‚ AL-Balqa Applied University‚ Jordan Abstract: Unemployment is a negative phenomenon in any human society as it adversely affect in different dimensions and directions. In addition‚ it refers to an economic defect affecting the community structure. Thus‚ the economic and social dimensions of unemployment increase complexity
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‘‘ECONOMICS is a science which studies human behaviour as a relationship between ends and scarce means that have alternative uses.’’- By Lionel Robbins‚ an economist in an attempt to define Economics. Lionel considered the study of economics to be a social science that concerns itself with the investigation of how man maximizes his satisfaction from the limited resources at his disposal and not forgetting the fact that these available limited resources can be channelled into the production of other
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Economic integration Economic integration is the unification of economic policies between different states through the partial or full abolition of tariff and non-tariff restrictions on trade taking place among them prior to their integration. This is meant in turn to lead to lower prices for distributors and consumers with the goal of increasing the combined economic productivity of the states. The trade stimulation effects intended by means of economic integration are part of the contemporary
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