Economics Chapter One: Ten Principles of Economics Scarcity – the limited nature of society’s resources Economics – the study of how society manages its scarce resources Principle #1: People Face Tradeoffs Making decisions requires trading off one goal against another A dollar/unit of time spent on one thing is one less dollar/unit of time less spent on another Common trade offs include: “butter for guns”‚ a clean environment or a high level of income & Efficiency – the property of society
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each of these sectors are commonly termed consumption expenditures‚ investment expenditures‚ government purchases‚ and net exports. Aggregate expenditures (AE) are a cornerstone in the study of macroeconomics‚ playing critical roles in Keynesian economics‚ aggregate market analysis‚ and to a lesser degree‚ monetarism. In particular‚ aggregate expenditures are combined with the price level as aggregate demand. Aggregate expenditures are the total expenditures on gross domestic product. These expenditures
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Definitions; Basic economic problem – Capital capital goods‚ or real capital are those already-produced durable goods that are used in production of goods or services. Command economy – economy where supply and price are regulated by the government rather than market forces Division of labour - Division of labour is the specialization of cooperative labour in specific‚ circumscribed tasks and like roles Enterprise- simply another name for a business. Free market economy - is an economy in
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Construction Economics: Government Economic Policy A policy refers to any rule or principle used in guiding decision making and achieving rational results. The intended goals to be achieved by a policy widely vary with the organization and the context to which it was made. Policies are basically made to prevent negative effects noticed in an organization or promote positive benefits. Government economic policy refers to the actions that a government takes to influence its economy. The economic policy
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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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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination CAPE ® ECONOMICS SYLLABUS Effective for examinations from May/June 2010 CXC A20/U2/09 Published by the Caribbean Examinations Council All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system‚ or transmitted in any form‚ or by any means electronic‚ photocopying‚ recording or otherwise without prior permission of the author or publisher. Correspondence related to
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CHAPTER 1 Nature and Scope of Economics Nowadays‚ understanding of economic issues has become quite indispensable for all sections in the society. Everyone wants to get rich; wants to increase their wealth holding; wants to have hold over productive resources; wants to expand their business activities. People want to earn more and more profits‚ and exercise control over the market and other economic system; people want to raise their living standard and enjoy more and more consumption;
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ECONOMICS FOR MANAGERS UNIT I Introduction: Economics can be divided into two broad categories: microeconomics and macroeconomics. Macroeconomics is the study of the economic system as a whole. It includes techniques for analysing changes in total output‚ total employment‚ the consumer price index‚ the unemployment rate‚ and exports and imports. Macroeconomics addresses questions about the effect of changes in investment‚ government spending‚ and tax policy on exports‚ output‚ employment and prices
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Diploma Programme Economics subject outline First examinations 2013 This document explains the major features of the course‚ and outlines the syllabus and assessment requirements. More detailed information about the course can be obtained by referring to the guide for this subject‚ which is available on the subject page of the IB online curriculum centre (OCC) website (http://occ.ibo.org) and can also be purchased from the IB store (http://store.ibo.org). © International Baccalaureate Organization
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Introduction Governments the world over have long been investing in infrastructure in the hope of boosting economic development of their country. To study the relationship between infrastructure and economic development‚ we compared two journals; Infrastructure and Local Economic Development by Rives‚ J & Heaney‚ M. (1995) and Infrastructure and Economic Growth: The Nigeria Experience 1980-2006 by Enimola‚ S (2010). We chose these journals as the journal by Rives‚ J looked at the approach
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