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ECONOMIC: Relating to economics or the study of the economy. This word is commonly added to other terms to emphasize its importance to economics. A few examples are economic cost, economic profit, economic goal, economic policies, and economic thinking.
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Lesson 1: Economic Basics | Unit 1: Economics
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An understanding of economics also involves:Scarcity. We have limited resources, but unlimited wants and needs. The study of economics is essentially the study of scarcity.Opportunity Cost. Using resources for one alternative prevents using them for another. Opportunity cost is the highest valued alternative.Analysis. Economics is an analytical discipline that answers 'What if...?' questions.
Scarcity dictates that we must answer the three basic questions of allocation are:- What? What goods and services will be produced with society's resources?
- How? How will society's resources be used to produce the goods and services?
- For whom? Who receives the goods and services produced with society's resources?
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ALLOCATION EFFECT A change in the allocation of resources caused by placing taxes on economic activity. By creating disincentives to produce, consume, or exchange, taxes generally alter resource allocations. The allocation effect is typically used when governments seek to discourage the production, consumption, or exchange of particular goods or activities that are deemed undesirable (such as tobacco use or pollution). This is one of two effects of taxation. The other (primary) is the revenue effect, which is the generation of revenue used to finance government operations.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at a flea market trying to buy either a pair of red goulashes with shiny buckles or a handcrafted bird feeder. Be on the lookout for spoiled cheese hiding under your bed hatching conspiracies against humanity.
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The portion of aggregate output U.S. citizens pay in taxes (30%) is less than the other six leading industrialized nations -- Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, or Japan.
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"You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do." -- Henry Ford, automaker
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MR
Marginal Revenue
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