A. Introduction 1. What is economics? Economics is the study of how societies choose to use scarce productive resources that have alternative uses‚ to produce commodities of various kinds‚ and to distribute them among different groups. We study economics to understand not only the world we live in but also the many potential worlds that reformers are constantly proposing to us. 2. Goods are scarce because people desire much more than the economy can produce. Economic goods are scarce‚ not free‚
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EFFICIENCY OF RESOURCE USE IN SMALLHOLDER DAIRY FARMS IN WESTERN KENYA J. I. MOSE1‚ G. AMUSALA1‚ P. NYANGWESO1 ‚ & C. O. KENYANITO2 1. Moi University Department of Economics and Agricultural Resource Management‚ P.O. Box 3900-30100 Eldoret‚ Kenya. 2. Bukura Agricultural College‚ P.O. Box 23‚ Bukura‚ Kenya Corresponding author: mosejared@yahoo.com ABSTRACT This study was motivated by the need to find out whether farmers could increase their milk production through
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8 Economic Guideposts December 17‚ 2008 In the world today‚ economics is a subject that is studied and used by a lot of people. The decisions that people make can usually apply to one or more o the economic guideposts. Using these beliefs as the foundations for society will usually work and be productive‚ but in some instances they can be applied wrong or misused. The fact that some things are assumed by people causes problems because false statements can be used to describe economic trends
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Health Economics Nowadays‚ economics have taken their high places in the countries‚ and they are necessary in the business field because they analyze the production‚ distribution‚ and consumption of goods and services. One of these economics is the health economics. Health delivery. The application of health economics reflects a universal desire to obtain maximum value for money by ensuring not just the clinical effectiveness‚ but also the cost-effectiveness of healthcare provision. Human
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Part 1: Executive summary The current essay demonstrates the scenario of Indian economic crisis in 2014. Causes and impact to India was talked in the first section; influence on other economy especially to Australia was analyzed and Stolper-Samuelson Theorem was applied in section 2; similar situations in history were mentioned in the third section. 1. Describe its causes - economic or non-economic (2% for creativity). In 2014‚ many emerging economies are facing liquidity crisis‚ especially
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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations Correspondence related to the syllabus should be addressed to: The Pro-Registrar Caribbean Examinations Council Caenwood Centre 37 Arnold Road‚ Kingston 5‚ Jamaica‚ W.I. Telephone Number: (876) 920-6714 Facsimile Number: (876) 967-4972 E-mail address: cxcwzo@cxc.org Website: www.cxc.org Copyright © 2008
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MBA Managerial Economics Review Questions for the Final Exam (Illustrative Answers) PRICE IS LOWER IN A MORE ELASCTIC MARKET!!!!!!!!!! 0.1-1 Introduction:Managerial Decision-Making and Market Processes (a) How does operational effectiveness differ from organizational strategy? Operational effectiveness is achieving excellence in individual activities while organizational strategy is about combining these activities to fit and reinforce one another and create competitive advantage and
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MACRO ECONOMICS Classical Dichotomy The classical dichotomy is rooted in the understanding that in the long run‚ real output is determined by “real” inputs such as labour‚ capital‚ natural resources and TFP‚ but not money. This means that changes in the money supply determine changes in the price level over time‚ but not real output. However‚ it is important to remember that the classical dichotomy applies only in the long run. Almost all economists would agree that money and price can have very
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Mankiw’s 10 Principles of Economics: How People Make Decisions 1. People face tradeoffs: To get one thing‚ you have to give up something else. You may have heard economists say “there is no such thing as a free lunch”. What they mean by this is that‚ for example‚ you might get a free bowl of soup at the student co-op‚ but the soup is not free because you have to give up 35-minutes waiting in line to be served. 2. The cost of something is what you give up to get it: Making a decision requires
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in Greece during last 3 decades. The party after its reelection in 2000 increased spending to recover economy and provide basic facilities of better health‚ education and better job opportunities to its citizen (Puddington‚ Piano‚ Neubauer 288) ECONOMIC TRENDS For more than a decade‚ extensive borrowing and spending by the government has led the country into public debt crisis. Tax evasion rampant in Greece that translated added to government’s
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