definitions Flashcards
Economics
a social science concerned with the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services.
Demand
Demand is the willingness and ability of consumers to buy a product at a given price level.
The law of demand
as the price of a product falls, the quantity demanded will increase ceteris paribus”
Supply
is the total amount of a good or service the is available to consumers. the amount of products producers are willing and/or capable of supplying to their customers.
Law of supply
as the price of a product increase, the quantity supplied of that product will increase, ceteris paribus.
Cetris Parabus
All else remaining unchanged, all other things unchanged.
Factors of production, define and list.
resources that are the building blocks of the economy; they are what people use to produce goods and services. Land, labour, capital, entrepreneurship.