This question cannot be answered but back in the 1800s economists such as Jeremy Bentham thought that eventually they would be able to measure pleasure by...
Total utility refers to the total satisfaction one gets from one’s consumption of a product while marginal utility refers to the satisfaction one gets...
Utility: When we consume a product, we in fact use its utility. Therefore, we are now analyzing the concept of utility. Utility is the power of a product by...
Utility: An early introduction of the utility notion into social sciences was accomplished by the English Philosopher Jeremy Bentham (1748-1831) After studying...
Measurement Scales: By measurement, we usually mean the assigning of numbers to observations or objects and scaling is a process of measuring. The four scales...
Goods: A good is a material thing used to satisfy a human want or in other words, a good is a material thing which has utility to satisfy any human want. For...
In order to satisfy unlimited wants people take up economic activities in the form of land, labour, capital and organization. As a result of the combination of...
Human Wants: Human wants are the ends which human beings pursue for their satisfaction. Human wants are the instinctive desires which are however to be...
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Value: In Economics, the value of a product is taken in two senses. (i) Value-in-use. (ii) Value-in-exchange. The utility of a product which one gets to...
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Economic Growth: Economic growth may be distinguished from economic development. Economic growth may be defined as the increase in production or consumption by...
It is commonly said that the economic development started after the year 1800. In this respect Angus Maddison who was an economic historical analysed the world...
There are a large number of definitions given by different economists. These are as follows: Prof. W. Elkan says, “Economic development means a process...
As we have already told that the economic development is neither traditional neo- classical economics, nor it is political economy it is just a body of...
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The Traditional Economics deals basically with the efficient, least cost allocation of scarce productive resources and with the optimal growth of these...
Wealth: In economic sense, any good or service that has value in exchange is called wealth. This means that any good and service that has the three...
The classical economists were of the view that economics has no relation with the nature of wants. In other words, economics has no concern with the goodness...
Subject-Matter: Price determination, Consumers equilibrium, distribution and welfare are the subject-matter of microeconomics. Full employment, national...
The importance and utility of the subject of Economics can be judged from this fact that it is now considered to be one of the most important and useful...
Microeconomics and macroeconomics are interdependent. Microeconomics takes a close-up view of the economy and concentrates on the choices made by individual...
Our satisfies maximum of his desires on priority basis. He achieves his satisfaction up to a maximum level with the help of available and alternatively used...
Positive Science: Positive science relates with the causes and facts about a certain problem and studied as “They are” in which a personal opinion...
Being a social science, economics deals with whole of the society. Therefore, instead of individual behaviour, collective economic behaviour is examined in the...
Now comes the important question of whether economics is a science or an art? Before we go to take up the question, we will first of all define what is a...
Macroeconomics / Macro Economic Analysis: The word “MACRO“. is derived from the Greek word “MAKROS“, which means large. Macroeconomics...
Microeconomics / Micro Economic Analysis The word ‘MICRO‘ is derived from the Greek word ‘MIKROS‘, which means “Small”. The...
Kinds of Economics: The following are kinds of economies: (1) Descriptive economics (2) Theoretical economics (3) Applied economics (1) Descriptive Economics:...
Subject Matter of Economics: Different economists have different opinions regarding subject matter of economics. According to Adam Smith and his followers the...
There me two methods of deriving economic laws or methods of economic analysis: (l) Deductive method (2) Inductive method Deductive Method: The deductive...
Inductive Method: Induction means reasoning or inference from particular facts to general principles. Inductive method is a process of arranging facts to draw...
Deductive Method: The deductive method is also named as analytical, abstract or prior method. Deduction means reasoning or inference from general to particular...
Physical / Natural science e.g. Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography etc. deal with matter. These sciences are made by experiments on the matter in the...
Moral laws are the most accepted values of a society particularly based on the teachings of a religion. These laws clearly tell us either to do something or...
Statutory laws or laws of the state are made by the legislature or the elected representative of the people. These laws are written in black and white for the...
Economic Laws: Law can be stated as “a repeated action which holds good at every time and at every place or if an action is repeated again and again and...
Economic Problem: According to the economists, a problem of choice is an economic problem. It can easily be explained in the light of Prof. Lionel...
Alfred Marshall defined economics as “Economics is a study of mankind in the ordinary business of life. It examines that part of individual and social...
Lionel Robbins Definition of Economics (Modern School of Thought) “Economics is the Science of Scarcity and Choice” Prof. Lionel Robbins has...
In the World’s Development Report of 1995, it was said that more than three-fourth of population lives in poor and less developed countries but they get...
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