economics Flashcards
is a social science concerned with the explanation and prediction of observed phenomena in society, it is the study of what constitutes rational human behavior to fulfill needs and wants
economics
comes from the Greek word outlined economics which means “household management”
oikanomia
the social unit of people who live in a house
household
a business organization that sells goods or services on a for-profit basis
firm
the activity of making, providing, purchasing, or selling products or services
economic activity
branches of economics
macroeconomics
microeconomics
overall performance of the economy as a whole
macroeconomics
concerned with the behavior of individual entities such as the consumer, the producer, and the resource owner
microeconomics
division of economics
production
distribution
exchange
consumption
public finance
process of producing goods or creating goods
production
distribution of goods and services to different economic channels for individual
distribution
transferring goods and services to a person or return for something
exchange
proper utilization of economic goods
consumption
activities of the government regarding taxation, borrowing, and expenditure
public finance