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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International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues Vol. 3‚ No. 3‚ 2013‚ pp.743-751 ISSN: 2146-4138 www.econjournals.com Foreign Aid and Economic Growth in Egypt: A Cointegration Analysis Hoda Abd El Hamid Ali Department of Economics and Foreign Trade‚ Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration‚ Helwan University‚ Cairo‚ Egypt. Tel: 00201003452575. Email: hoda_hawary@yahoo.com ABSTRACT: There is a current and growing debate on the effectiveness of foreign aid‚ especially in
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American Experience Louis Farrakhan Louis Farrakhan is best known today as the head of the Nation of Islam. The Nation of Islam supports black independence along with some of the practices and beliefs of Islam religion. One of its main goals is for blacks to attain self-sufficiency in today’s culture. Farrakhan has been criticized by some as a racist towards non-black races but others say he is a credit to all races. Farrakhan has sparked more criticism in recent years‚ particularly from the U
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Investment within a country can be seen as a vital component in terms of promoting economic prosperity. This essay is going to outline the importance of investment in terms of current and future economic activity by examining the effect of investment on growth and employment. The importance of the ability of the South African government to differentiate between private and public investment will be addressed by the use of a graph illustrating the investment rates of the private and public sectors
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opportunity costs‚ and tradeoffs for individuals‚ businesses‚ and governments. a. Define scarcity as a basic condition that exists when unlimited wants exceed limited productive resources. b. Define and give examples of productive resources (factors of production) (e.g.‚ land (natural)‚ labor (human)‚ capital (capital goods)‚ entrepreneurship). c. List a variety of strategies for allocating scarce resources. d. Define opportunity cost as the next best alternative given up when individuals
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w w w e tr .X m eP UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS GCE Advanced Subsidiary Level and GCE Advanced Level e ap .c rs om MARK SCHEME for the October/November 2007 question paper 9708 ECONOMICS 9708/02 Paper 2 (Data Response and Essay (Core))‚ maximum raw mark 40 This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates‚ to indicate the requirements of the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate
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both inflation and unemployment in general as stated in previous studies and some economic theories that deal with these problems and their impact on GDP . According to jordan economy profile in mundi index‚ Jordan’s economy is among the smallest in the Middle East‚ with insufficient supplies of water‚ oil‚ and other natural resources‚ underlying the government’s heavy reliance on foreign assistance. Other economic challenges for the government include chronic high rates of poverty‚ unemployment
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flies by‚ Malaysia is now occupied by quite a number of other Hypermarkets like Tesco‚ Giant‚ Carrefour and Mydin. All this bring choices to the consumers in Malaysia as all these Hypermarkets are competing with each other. Retailing is one of the factors that bring growth to Malaysia Growth Domestic Product (GDP) and with more Hypermarkets coming up‚ so do the GDP of Malaysia. The market structure of hypermarkets in Malaysia belongs to oligopoly. The market structure characteristics of oligopoly
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The Absolute Monarch of Louis XIV absolutism - a form of government in which all power is vested in a single ruler or other authority The Sun King‚ Louis XIV of France‚ inherited the throne upon his father’s death in 1643. Only 5 years old and by law too young to rule‚ his mother Anne of Austria became Queen Regent and appointed Cardinal Mazarin as chief minister. Louis’ mother instilled in him at a young age the concept of divine right of the king to do what he chooses. Mazarin proved
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Billion and a GDP of 7321508 Million US dollar. Population explosion in China was an outcome of high economic growth as well as a reason of heavy profits and surpluses of manufacturing industries in China. Through this paper I Intend to compare the similar relation among other countries like Japan and Sweden. Aging population brings the availability of cheap labor down and hence impacts the economic performance of countries. I will examine fertility and mortality and age structure pattern of population
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