1. What is the ‘economic problem’? The fundamental economic problem is related to the issue of scarcity. Scarcity means that resources are limited and short in supply in the world (e.g. diamond). Because of limited resources and unlimited demands‚ society needs to decide how much to produce and distribute these relatively scarce resources. The basic economic problem can be define as what to produce‚ how much to produce and for whom to produce. Some countries are lucky to have great natural resources
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CHAPTER 6 MASTER BUDGET AND RESPONSIBILITY ACCOUNTING 6-16 (15 min.) Sales budget‚ service setting. In 2014‚ Rouse & Sons‚ a small environmental-testing firm‚ performed 12‚200 radon tests for $290 each and 16‚400 lead tests for $240 each. Because newer homes are being built with leadfree pipes‚ lead-testing volume is expected to decrease by 10% next year. However‚ awareness of radon-related health hazards is expected to result in a 6% increase in radon-test volume each year in the near future.
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Terms and Definitions related to Economics Administered price: A price set not by the forces of demand and supply‚ but by some authority like the Government or a regulatory authority. Agenda 21: Programme of action adopted at the Earth Summit in 1992. It has 21 chapters dealing with all aspects of sustainable development‚ conservation‚ and resource management. Appropriation Bill: A bill introduced in the Parliament together with the budget‚ seeking the approval of the House to permit expenditure
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Projection is of two types – forward and backward. It is a forward projection of data variables‚ which is named forecasting. By contrast‚ the backward projection of data may be named ‘back casting’‚ a tool used by the new economic historians. For practical managers concerned with futurology‚ what is relevant is forecasting‚ the forward projection of data‚ which supports the production of an event.
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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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Demand schedule ( demand curve The Demand Schedule and the Demand Curve Demand schedule – a table showing how much of a good or service consumers will be willing and able to buy at different prices. Quantity demanded is the actual amount of a G%S consumers are willing able to buy at some specific price Demand curve – is a graphical representation of the demand schedule. It shows the relationship between quantity demanded and price. Law of demand – says the higher price for a good or service
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the opportunity cost‚ unemployment‚ discouragement of investment and savings‚ and shortage of goods. Positive effects include the reserve bank adjust their real interest rates and encourage investment in non-monetary capital projects. However the economics in today’s time believe that an economy is said to be in a favorable and a stable condition only if the inflation rate is steady or favorably low(as compared to zero or negative). Most of the most developed countries have managed sustain an inflation
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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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Money Market on the Nigerian Economic Development Mr. Okpe Innocent Ikechukwu Department of Accountancy‚ Enugu State University of Science and Technology‚ Enugu‚ Enugu State of Nigeria Abstract The objective of this study is to examine the impact of money market on the Nigerian economic development; it has been prepared as a contribution to the quest for promotion of entrepreneurship as an engine growth. To access the multidimensional role and medium scale enterprises in bringing out rapid industrialisation
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