Key terms: Definition: Opportunity cost The cost of missing out on the next best alternative. Economic goods Goods that are scarce and therefore have an opportunity cost. Free goods Goods that have no opportunity cost‚ e.g. Air Factor market The market for the factors of production that make other goods and services such as labour or raw materials. Free market economy One in which there is very limited government involvement in providing goods and services. Division of labour
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Download the original attachment (1) Economics for Engineers - Introduction Our Country has reached 65th yr of its glorious existence as the defender of a great legacy of professional integrity‚ independence and excellence. To preserve it for posterity is our duty – ‘ The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and gives an faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust’ – rightfully said by the 35th American President – John F. Kennedy. The days of generalists
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ABSTRACT The paper postulates a thermodynamic theory of money and describes both quantitavely and qualitatively its mechanics that unify economic production and finance in a sustainability framework. The theory will examine various economic issues‚ such as‚ full employment‚ economic growth‚ economic development‚ economic justice‚ the role of financial institutions‚ technology transitions and sustainable natural resource use‚ and be contrasted with the dominant money theory. It is claimed that
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Economic Terms Definition Recession A significant decline in activity across the economy‚ lasting longer than a few months Trough The stage of the economy’s business cycle that marks the end of a period of declining business activity and the transition to expansion. Boom A period of time during which sales of a product or business activity increases very rapidly. Recovery A period of increasing business activity signalling the end of a recession. GDP The monetary value of all the finished
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Economics Paper University of Phoenix ECO365 May 6‚ 2013 Economics is a tool that we use in our daily lives even if we don’t always realize it. As people we all have things that we want‚ and things that we need. This includes things like food‚ clothing‚ and shelter‚ but it is not limited to those things. In order to get those things‚ people have to spend money. The issue is that everything that people need and want costs money. More often than not‚ people do not have the money to do both so
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colonial America‚ there was enough economic opportunity for a poor European to want to take the long boat journey across the Atlantic Ocean to start a new life. Europeans began immigrating to America creating colonies in the mid-eighteenth century. There were thirteen original colonies. A variety of religions and classes of people such as rich merchants‚ poor famers‚ and slaves moved to colonial America. Most‚ but not all were able to benefit from the economic opportunity in the new land. This essay
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Profit Maximiser MR = MC An industry can be defined from two criteria: - similarity of products - similarity of economic activities A Sport industry can be defined as a cluster of firms that: - produce sport activities - provide products and services - trade and sell products Meeks ‘3-Sector’ Model of the sport industry: Sector #1: Sports Entertainment Sector #2: Sports Products Sector #3: Sports Support Organisations Li‚ Hofacre and Mahoneys ‘2-Sector’ Model of the sport industry:
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Explain how economic systems attempt to allocate and make effective use of resources. Because we live in a world where resources are scarce economic systems make use of market structures such as the perfectly competitive market model as a benchmarking tool in order to better understand consumer behaviour and recognise areas of their market structures that require improvement and how they could possibly achieve this in the most efficient and effective way. The theory of perfect competition is
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Managerial economics is a science that deals with the application of various economics theories‚ principles‚ concepts and techniques to business management in order to solve business and management problems It deals with the practical application of economic theory and methodology to decision-making problems faced by private‚ public and non profit making organizations.. In the words of Spencer and Seigelman "Managerial Economics is the integration of economic theory with business practice for
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considered ethics and economics are inseparable. His thoughts about political and socio-economic structure of society are indispensible to study. The ideas were later developed and detailed by John Rawls in Theory of Justice‚ which are retrospective of Gandhi’s thoughts. To understand where Gandhian Economics stand: “Gandhian economics” is a term coined by late J.C. Kumarappan‚ who was an Indian economist. He gives the examples on types of economy in his book ‘Gandhian Economic Thought’ which is reproduced
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