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intro to economics
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| need | is immediate e.g. food and shelter which me need to survive. |
| want | anything in excess of needs which isn't necessary for our survival e.g. a foreign holiday or a car. |
| opportunity cost | the cost of foregone alternatives {choice}. |
| economics | a social science which studies the allocation of scarce resources which have alternative uses. |
| the four factors of production | land, labour, capital, enterprise. |
| markets | factor markets , intermediate markets, final markets. |
| economic systems | free enterprise, centrally planned economy, mixed economy. |
| branches of economics | microeconomics, macroeconomics. |
| microeconomics | Studies how an individual producer and consumer make decisions and attempt to solve their economic problems. |
| macroeconomics | deals with aggregates in an economy |