Introduction to the Discipline of Economics

It refers to the studies of the decisions of individuals and firms to allocate resources of production, exchange, and consumption.

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Macroeconomics is the branch of economics that deals with the structure, performance, behavior, and decision-making of the whole, or aggregate, economy.

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It is the science of how goods and services are produced and consumed to sustain the unlimited needs and wants of individuals.

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It refers to a basic economic problem

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It is a type of resources that provides services.

• Human Resouces

• Capital Resources

• Natural Resources

These are good that made and used to provide services.

• Human Resources

• Capital Resources

• Natural Resources

These are materials created in nature that are used and usable by humans.

• Capital Resources

• Human Resources

• Natural Resources

Critics argue that economics is not a science due to a lack of testable hypotheses and ability to achieve consensus.

• True

• False

It is a situational decision that involves diminishing or losing one quality, quantity, or property of a set or design in return for gains in other aspects

• Oppurtunity Cost

• Marginal Cost

• Trade-off

the (a)   of production is the change in total production cost that comes from making or producing one additional unit