UNIT-1 1.Define Economics and Explain the term Industrial Economics . The father of Economics Adam Smith economics as ‘An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations’ According to Alfred Marshall ‘Economics is the study of mankind in the ordinary business of life‚ it examines that part of individual and social action which is mostly connected with the attainment and with the use of the material requisites of well being. Explanation- Economics is the study of man’s actions in
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Introduction to Economics and the Economy 1. Limits‚ Alternatives‚ and Choices © The McGraw−Hill Companies‚ 2009 IN THIS CHAPTER YOU WILL LEARN: 1 The definition of economics and the features of the economic perspective. 2 The role of economic theory in economics. 3 The distinction between microeconomics and macroeconomics. 4 The categories of scarce resources and the nature of the economizing problem. 5 About production possibilities analysis‚ increasing opportunity costs‚ and economic growth. 6
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Ch1: The Fundamentals of Managerial Economics * Managerial Economics is the application of microeconomic theory to business decision-making. Revenue‚ costs‚ and profits * Revenue(TR=total revenue) is gross inflow of money to firm from producing and selling a good * Costs = 2 kinds of production costs 1. Explicit costs: all costs requiring the firm to pay money to someone (out of pocket costs) 2. Implicit costs: the opportunity costs to the firm of using inputs it owns(land
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Economic Concepts Worksheet Concept Application of Concept from Personal Experience Reference to Concept in Reading Economic Perspective Economic Perspective involves three elements 1. Scarcity and choice 2. Rational Behavior 3. Marginalism Economic Perspective is the understanding of why people choose one want over another When I graduated with my under-graduate degree I had to make the choice to either move back to my hometown where my family and friends were or take employment in
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ISLAMIC ECONOMIC SYSTEM Definition of Economics A. Ibnu Khaldun’s Definition Economics is the study of humankind’s civilization and human association. It also refers to activity related to humankind’s livehood‚ its development‚ progress and prosperity. The economic problem resides in efforts spent by people to obtain earnings that they used to satisfy their needs and necessities‚ for refinements and luxuries‚ and for acquisition and possession. Hence we can conclude that Economics is the study of
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Running head: ECONOMIC CONCEPTS WORKSHEET Economic Concepts Worksheet University of Phoenix MBA501 Forces Influencing Business in the 21st Century Economic Concepts Worksheet Concept Application of Concept from Personal Experience Reference to Concept in Reading Law of Increasing Opportunity Cost As more resources are moved from the allocation towards the production of one good to the production of another good‚ the opportunity costs increase because the resources are not as efficient
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The Economic Development of Ghana Ghana is an African country located on the western side of Africa. Its neighbors are Burkina Faso to the north‚ Togo to the east‚ the Atlantic Ocean to the south‚ and Cote D’Ivoire to the west. It has a population of 18‚100‚ 703 and a population density of 197 people per square mile. Ghana is 92‚098 square miles and English is its official language. The capital city of Accra has around 1‚ 673‚000 people residing in it. There are the physical statistics‚ now onto
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Economic growth Economic growth has two meanings: 1. Firstly‚ and most commonly‚ growth is defined as an increase in the output that an economy produces over a period of time‚ the minimum being two consecutive quarters. 2. The second meaning of economic growth is an increase in what an economy can produce if it is using all its scarce resources. An increase in an economy’s productive potential can be shown by an outward shift in the economy’s production possibility frontier (PPF). The simplest
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particular kind of two-person firm. Basic Research Questions: 6.How the knowledge of the economics of love can be put to use by any individual or any industry? Methodology: Research has shown that basic economic principles can be applied to intangible concepts like love & marriage. Various economists have done research on these topics and have tried to explain the concepts of love and marriage using economic analysis. In this paper the methodology applied was as follows: The first approach was to
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Economic growth is an important macroeconomic objective for any country. Monetary policy has direct relation with economic growth and states monetary policy as the arrangements which are planned to control supply of money in a country. In many countries the basic aims of the monetary policy are to stabilize prices‚ keep the balance of payment equal‚ promote the employment and increase in economic development (Osinubi‚2006). Since the foundation of State Bank of Pakistan in 1948 it has playing its
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