Explain the role of prices in allocating scarce resources in a market economy.
Discuss the view that that the use of maximum and minimum price controls only serve to distort markets and bring about a misallocation of resources.
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Explain the role of prices in allocating scarce resources in a market economy. Discuss the view that that the use of max...
Economics is a social science concerned with: The best use of scarce resources to achieve the maximum satisfaction of economic wants. Increasing the level of productive resources so there is a minimum level of income. Increasing the level of productive resources so there is maximum output in society. The best use of scarce resources paid for at the minimum level of cost to consumers and businesses. Answer: A person should consume more of something when its marginal: benefit exceeds...
1.In a capitalist economy, the market value of something is determined by......and....... Prices are the quantification of those values in terms of the money that is used. When the supply of something is high, relative to demand, the price will be........ When the demand for something is .........relative to the supply, the price will be high. When the....... for something is low relative to the......., the price will be high. Prices play an important role in the market economy because...
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Step 1: Read the following questions, and use what you have learned about how the economy might impact your business industry, and to summarize your responses in 5 full pages. Consider the concepts and questions below when assessing the economy and the impact it may pose on your business: Describe your ideal capitalist economy. Will these conditions maximize your sustainability and profitability? What indicators would you use to measure goods and services? What happens when the quantity demand is impacted?...
1. A. Suppose we have two goods. The price of good 1 is 10 and the price of good 2 is 15. The income is 30. Construct a diagram with the quantities on X- and Y-axes and draw a budget line in the diagram. B. How do the prices and the income affect the shape of the graph? What happens if the price of one good rises? What happens if income increases? C. Define the Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility...
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QUESTION 1 Economists use the word marginal to mean 1. A decision that is only secondary in importance. 2. The extra benefit or cost of a decision. 3. When firms concentrate on their profit margin. 4. When an economy is producing efficiently. 5 points QUESTION 2 Economists use the word rationality to mean.... 1. When people correctly analyze a situation and come to the best decision possible. 2. Only a hypothetical scenario, people are never really rational. 3. When...