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Economics Chapters 1.1-1.2
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Economics Chapters 1.1-1.2
1.1 Economic problem
Factors of production
Capital
Machinery
Enterprise
Ideas for business and taking risks
Labour
workers - human capital
Land
All land including natural resources
Resources are scarce but wants are infinite
Resources are called factors of production
Key words
Needs
something essential to survive
Wants
something you would like to have
Resources
something to produce output
Productivity
output per worker per period of time
1.2 Scarcity,choice and opportunity cost
Allocation of resources
Mixed economy (UK)
Similar to market economy but the government also allocates resources for services e.g. education
Market economy
Consumers decide what they want to buy and firms use resources to supply it
Goods and services
Good are tangible and can be used
Services are provided for you - they are intangible
Sectors
Tertiary
Service sector
Banking,tourism
Secondary
Raw materials manufactured into goods
Car manufacturing, furniture manufacturing
Primary
Extraction of raw materiials
Farming, mining
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