Economics 4
Date Submitted: 03/03/2003 03:23:34
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 10 pages (2754 words)
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 10 pages (2754 words)
Economics is the social science that studies the production, distribution, exchange, and consumption of goods and services. The study of economics focuses on how individuals, corporations, and societies choose to use the scarce resources provided by nature and previous generations.
Scarce resources provided by nature that societies choose to use include oil, land, water, and time. These elements are important to the economy because oil, land, and water provide money for the market. The more …
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…money to clean it up, then the buyers (society) will pay for it. This makes the product more expensive and gives the company more profit. This works against society's advantage. Governments involved themselves in the free market to make sure that decision-makers consider all the benefits and cost of their decision.
(1) McEachern, William A., Economics: A Contemporary Introduction, South-Western Publishing Co., Cincinnati, p.7
(2) McEachern, William A., Economics: A Contemporary Introduction, South-Western Publishing Co., Cincinnati, p.12
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