The Basic Economic Problem: Scarcity and Choice Tuesday‚ September 13‚ 2011 by Geoff Riley It is often said that the central purpose of economic activity is the production of goods and services to satisfy our changing needs and wants. The basic economic problem is about scarcity and choice. Every society has to decide: What goods and services to produce: Does the economy uses its resources to operate more hospitals or hotels? Do we make more iPhones and iPads or double-espressos? Does the
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administration. Construction and real estate were the first and the biggest industries that reflected this drastic change on the capital ownership‚ demographic movements and cultural developments of the society. The demand for construction mainly for housing was rapidly rising but construction was seen as a strict discipline related mostly to civil engineering and not well integrated to other fields such as architecture and to the socio-economic context. Over the years the complexity of the projects evolved
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This week I spent time at Kings College hospital in order to understand the ethical considerations of a nurse’s job. “As a nurse at Kings College Hospital you have to take into account Ethical Considerations…”in my interview with Sister Malcolm we will be discussing ethical considerations like right to life‚ social justice‚ person-centred approach‚ the expectations of individuals receiving the service‚ empathy‚ honesty and adherence to codes of practice and policies and seeing how they impact her
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Basic economic ideas Scarcity‚ choice and resource allocation – Meaning of scarcity and the inevitability of choices at all levels (individual‚ firms‚ governments) – Opportunity cost – Basic questions of what will be produced‚ how and for whom Unlimited Wants Human beings‚ in order to survive need a lot of things. Some of these things are very important for our existence. For example‚ food‚ clothing‚ water‚ shelter and air. These things can be classified as Needs. Apart from this there are
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Economic Principle | Marketing Principle | Form Utility | | | | | | | | | | Utility is a term used by economists to describe the measurement of "useful-ness" that a consumer obtains from any good. Utility may measure how much one enjoys a movie‚ or the sense of security one gets from buying a deadbolt. The utility of any object or circumstance can be considered. Some examples include the utility from eating an apple‚ from living in a certain house‚ from voting for a specific candidate
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(C1) You must analyse HOW the main principles that underpin work with children can support the practitioners’ practice in the setting. The welfare of the child is part of The Children Act 1989‚ and it means we as practitioners have to be reflective on our practice‚ it also means within our practice we have to put the child first. And treating all children so their needs are put first this is important because all children are different. (E8) Working in partnership with parents and families helps
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Managerial economics Definition * economics * ADAM SMITH - According to ADAM SMITH (Father of economics)‚ economics is the “science of wealth”. According to him the acquisition of wealth is the main objective of human activity. Therefore it is necessary to study how wealth is produced. This is the subject mater of the economics… * ALFERED MARSHELL: - According to ALFERED MARSHELL‚” political economy or economics is the study of means and action in the ordinary business of life
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Basic Economic Questions The basis of all economic decisions is scarcity. The wants and needs of people are unlimited and the resources available to a society are limited. The basic questions that each society must make revolve around the allocation of scarce resources. * What goods and services to produce? * How to produce them? * For whom to product them? These essential questions must be answered in every economy to determine the fundamental goals of the society. How each society handles
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Economists have generally looked for some’ fundamental assumption” about human behavior from which most of the principles of economics can be ultimately deduced. Every decision-maker in an economic system-whether he is a consumer or producer‚ whether it is a house hold or a firm- is assumed to have in a rational manner and go in for maximum gain. Economic rationality presupposes that every person knows his interest and selects that course of action‚ which promises him the greatest amount of satisfaction
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BASIC ECONOMIC PROBLEM Scarcity is one of the most basic economic problem that we faced. Why we run into scarcity because we are in a society with unlimited wants‚ but limited resources. Therefore‚ we have to choose‚ to make trade-offs. We have to efficiently allocate resources‚ and we have to do those things because resources are limited and cannot meet our own unlimited demands. Choice and opportunity cost are two basic concepts in economics. Because of scarcity‚ consumers‚ businesses and governments
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