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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1. Distinguish between Micro economics and Macro economics. Microeconomics may be defined as that branch of economic analysis‚ which studies the economic behavior of the individual unit‚ maybe a person‚ a particular household‚ or a particular firm. It is a study of one particular unit rather than all the units combined together. In microeconomics‚ we study the various units of the economy‚ how they function and how they reach their equilibrium. An important tool used in that of microeconomics is
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Amelia Baumgardner FYS 1399 Modernism Midterm Modernism In it’s broadest sense‚ Modernism is modern thought or reason. More specifically‚ Modernism explains the adventurous new ideals of society that originate from the sweeping and widespread changes of Western culture in the earliest portion of the 20th century. In other words‚ Modernism was a rebellion from the conventional pillars of realism. Modernism seems to snub many of the overhanging values of the Enlightenment‚ such as religion‚ as well
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DEPENDENCY THEORY: - Economic development theorists over the last few centuries have developed models for explaining the “undeveloped-ness” of countries in the third world countries. From Durkheim to the International Monetary Fund (IMF)‚ we have‚ time after time‚ come to witness the rise and fall of development theories and their explanations for the predicament that many poor countries face. Dependency theory has (more so than others) lasted a great deal of time in the framework of the international
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1. Explain economics? Economics is the study of how society allocates scarce resources and goods. Resources are the inputs that society uses to produce output‚ called goods. Resources include inputs such as labor‚ capital‚ and land. Goods include products such as food‚ clothing‚ and housing as well as services such as those provided by barbers‚ doctors‚ and police officers. These resources and goods maybe be considered scarce because of society’s tendency to demand more resources and goods than
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MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS MEANING OF MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS Managerial economics‚ used synonymously with business economics‚ is a branch of economics that deals with the application of microeconomic analysis to decision-making techniques of businesses and management units. It acts as the via media between economic theory and pragmatic economics. Managerial economics bridges the gap between ’theoria’ and ’pracis’. The tenets of managerial economics have been derived from quantitative techniques such as regression
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Economics | | |Sr. No. |Core Areas |Percentage | |1. |Micro-Economics |15% | |2. |Marco-Economics |15% | |3. |Econometrics
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Business and Economic Environment Assignment Brief Assessment Activity Front Sheet This front sheet must be completed by the learner and included with the work submitted for assessment. Programme Advanced Diploma in Contemporary Contexts Unit Module Business and Economic Environment Learner Name Assessor Name Lilian Onuegbu Date Issued 21 February 2014 Hand in Date 16 May 2014 Submitted on Internal Verification Yes
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1.0 Introduction Although inflation is generally thought of as an inordinate increase in the general price level‚ throughout the history of economics the causes of inflation and the definition of inflation itself remained as an unresolved issue. There is a general agreement that‚ in the long-run‚ inflation is a monetary phenomenon. In short-run‚ however‚ many other factors could cause inflation that instigates unsettled debate on the causes of inflation. Every school of economists tries to define
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ECONOMICS ANALYSIS FOR BUSINESS UNIT – 1 1. What is Economics? Economics is the science which studies human behaviour as a relationship between ends and scare means which have alternative uses. 2. Definition of economics According to “Adamsmith” Economic is a social science the deals with human behaviour pertaining to production‚ Exchange and consumption of goods and services. 3. What are basic concept of economic? * Resource allocation * Opportunity cost * Diminishing marginal
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