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Lesson 3: Scarcity | Unit 1: The Concept Page: 2 of 17

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We live in a big, bad world of scarcity.

Meaning:

  • There's never enough resources to produce everything that everyone wants,
  • Some people have to do without some of the stuff that they want or need,
  • The same resources can not be used to produce two different goods at the same time, and
  • Doing one thing, producing one good, performing one activity, forces you to give up something else.

Then:

  • Scarcity is what the study of economics is all about.

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MARGINAL COST AND LAW OF DIMINISHING MARGINAL RETURNS

Decreasing then increasing marginal cost, reflected by a U-shaped marginal cost curve, is the result of increasing then decreasing marginal returns. In particular the decreasing marginal returns is caused by the law of diminishing marginal returns. As such, the law of diminishing marginal returns affects not only the short-run production of a firm but also the cost of short-run production. This translates into a positively-sloped supply curve for profit-maximizing competitive firms.

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