The Basic Economic Problem: Scarcity and Choice Tuesday‚ September 13‚ 2011 by Geoff Riley It is often said that the central purpose of economic activity is the production of goods and services to satisfy our changing needs and wants. The basic economic problem is about scarcity and choice. Every society has to decide: What goods and services to produce: Does the economy uses its resources to operate more hospitals or hotels? Do we make more iPhones and iPads or double-espressos? Does the
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The Basic Economics Problem The highlighted sentence are copying from the textbooks Scarcity – the resources that are limited in supply so that people have to make choice to buy them. Free Goods - the resources that are unlimited in supply‚ like air and water on the earth. Economics Goods - the resources that are limited in supply and they are scarce. People have infinite needs and wants but there are limited resources on the earth‚ so that people have to make choice and have the trade-off
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The Basic Economic Problem What Economics is really about Scarcity Economics is a social science that studies the allocation of scarce resources Scarcity – an unlimited demand for limited resources There simply isn’t enough to go around What are some of the resources that you have? Economic Roles In the economy‚ there are two roles that are played out PRODUCER – also called manufacturers‚ suppliers‚ or sellers. CONSUMER – also called buyers or users Which are you? From the Producers’ Perspective
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Basic Economic Problem Lord Robbins defines economics as a social science which studies between ends and scare means which have alternative uses. Ends- want Scare means- Limited resources Alternative uses- different Scarcity Humans being are greedy by nature. As such‚ there wants are unlimited or infinite. However the resources available in form of land‚ labour‚ capital and enterprise that are being use to produce goods and services are scare or unlimited. This give rise to the basic economic problem
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BASIC ECONOMIC PROBLEM Scarcity is one of the most basic economic problem that we faced. Why we run into scarcity because we are in a society with unlimited wants‚ but limited resources. Therefore‚ we have to choose‚ to make trade-offs. We have to efficiently allocate resources‚ and we have to do those things because resources are limited and cannot meet our own unlimited demands. Choice and opportunity cost are two basic concepts in economics. Because of scarcity‚ consumers‚ businesses and governments
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The basic economic problem of scarcity refers to the situation in which finite factor inputs are insufficient to produce goods and services to satisfy infinite human wants. It is incontrovertible and irrefutable that all societies face the basic problem of scarcity due to limited resources and unlimited wants. Scarcity makes it necessary for us to make the most of what we have. In trying to obtain the highest level of satisfaction from available resources‚ good or rational choices have to be made
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harvest our own food. Doing this would cut back on transportation costs and chemical preservatives that most of our food undergoes. Local food systems often cut out the middlemen involved in processing‚ packaging‚ transporting‚ and selling food. Our economic choices in the food industry aren’t hard to come by we can just choose not to buy certain food or brands
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in the price of goods will result in more profit. The increase in profit will induce the producer to increase the production of that commodity. On the other hand fall in the demand of goods will reduce its price. The fall in price will reduce the profits or may cause lose. Therefore‚ the producer will reduce the production of those goods and will transfer the resources in the production of those commodities whose prices have raised to cam more profits. For example‚ if the demand for automobiles increases
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available to the government seeking to reduce the consumption of demerit goods. Taxation is a payment that many people pay to the government. This is money from the producers and the consumers. It is one of the best solutions for lowering the consumption of demerit goods. Taxation is paid by consumers and producers for things like the NHS and also council homes and education. There are many methods available to the government to use to reduce the consumption of demerit goods. Demerit goods are goods that
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Pornography: Production & Consumption What is the difference between an action and a porn movie? They are both something you can rent‚ buy ‚ watch ‚ they both come in the same video formats. Thus the key difference that deferentiates pornography is its content – sex. Sex is something that is absolutely normal ‚ and actually is the main drive behind the human evolution. Human beings are aware that except for reproduction‚ sex is also something that brings pleasure and is one of the basic human needs
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