Definition of Economics: The Economist’s Dictionary of Economics defines economics as "The study of the production‚ distribution and consumption of wealth in human society." The 1828 edition of Webster’s dictionary contains that could still apply today: "Political economy‚ the administration of the revenues of a nation; or the management and regulation of its resources and productive property and labor. Political economy comprehends all the measures by which the property and labor of
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Foundation Course Economics OUfc008 2 Open University of Mauritius - Foundation Course in Economics - Module 1 FOUNDATION COURSE IN ECONOMICS Module 1 OUfc 008 April 2013 3 Open University of Mauritius - Foundation Course in Economics - Module 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Course Author : Vinod Seegoolam Course Reviewer : Dr Chong Wang Cheong Ah Tow OPEN UNIVERSITY STAFF Course Supervisor : Perienen Appavoo (Open School Division) Project Coordinator : Premanand Koonjal (Open School
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PF/2762 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - A STRATEGY FOR NATIONAL SECURITY OF BANGLADESH INTRODUCTION 1. The post cold war era seemed to be indeed promising. The people found states with the aspirations of enhancing the individual and group security. Thus internal security is the prime responsibility of a nation state for the overall national security. “The former Soviet Union had to pay heavily for their ignorance of internal matters and giving priorities to ’Perestroica’ and other reforms”
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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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Nowadays‚ gross domestic product (GDP) is the prime measure for economic performance in different countries around the world. Governors or politicians using this figures to make economical decisions for years. However‚ controversy indeed surrounded the economist about whether they should gauge the economics statues with other metric rather than GDP as the rapid growth in recent years has changed the main target for the leaders in different countries. GDP measures have been started since the Second
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might stay out of it‚ leaving the economic system- structure of methods and principles that a society uses to produce and distribute goods and services- to be determined by the combined decisions of millions of individual people. Economic system is defined as how a society chooses to produce‚ distribute‚ and consume goods and services. Since resources are scarce and not always available each society must determine three important factors when determining their economic system. These factors are how the
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wasj.2012.18.05.16712 The Relationship Between Unemployment and Economic Growth in Jordan and Some Arab Countries Mahmoud A. Al-Habees and Mohammed Abu Rumman Faculty of Planning and Management‚ AL-Balqa Applied University‚ Jordan Abstract: Unemployment is a negative phenomenon in any human society as it adversely affect in different dimensions and directions. In addition‚ it refers to an economic defect affecting the community structure. Thus‚ the economic and social dimensions of unemployment
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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination CAPE ® ECONOMICS SYLLABUS Effective for examinations from May/June 2010 CXC A20/U2/09 Published by the Caribbean Examinations Council All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system‚ or transmitted in any form‚ or by any means electronic‚ photocopying‚ recording or otherwise without prior permission of the author or publisher. Correspondence related to
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– Summary of main points • Voluntary transactions create wealth by moving assets from lowerto higher-valued uses. • Anything that impedes the movement of assets to higher-valued uses‚ like taxes‚ subsidies‚ or price controls‚ destroys wealth. • Economic analysis is useful to business for identifying assets in lower-valued uses. • The art of business consists of identifying assets in low-valued uses and devising ways to profitably move them to higher-valued ones. • A company can be thought of as
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