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Economics Notes
Economics Notes
4thNov-2021 economics
Economics:
Economics is the study of how society uses its limited resources. Economics
is a social science that deals with the production, distribution, and
consumption of goods and services.
Rational:
A person who aims at maximization of it’s interest
Scarcity Problem:
Scarcity is where wants are unlimited but resources to fulfil those wants are
limited
Example:
A man wishes to build a house on a piece of land he purchased, but he
doesn’t have labor, capital
Labor:
Any mental or physical contribution done by humans to produce goods or
services
Land:
Land includes all natural and god gifted resources
Capital:
All goods used to produce goods/services, A man made resource
Entrepreneur:
An Entrepreneur is a risk taker for factor of production
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Opportunity Cost:
Opportunity cost is the next best alternative
Resources:
1) Free or Unlimited resources
2) Scarce or limited resources
Choice:
Choice is the preference given to any good and service among different
goods and services by the consumers
Economic Goods:
An economic good is a good or service that is scarce , limited in supply ,
having an opportunity cost
Trade Off:
Trade off means production of one cannot be increased without decreasing
the production of the other good
Outward Shift:
Outward Shift in PPC shows an increase in Quantity or Quality of resources
Inward Shift:
Shows depletion of resources
‘Sign of PED is always negative , due to law of demand. This shows inverse
relation in price and quantity demanded
Supply:
Shows willingness and ability of a producer to make available goods or
services of sale at given market price
Law of Supply:
Keeping all non-price factors constant ,an increase in price leads to an
increase in quantity supplied by producer and vice-versa. Hence there is a
direct relation between price of a product and quantity supplied
Supply Schedule:
Table that shows direct relation between price and quantity supplied is called
supply schedule
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Dis-equilibrium:
Disequilibrium is a situation where internal and/or external forces prevent
market equilibrium from being reached or cause the market to fall out of
balance
Application of PED: