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The Nature And Purpose Of Economic Activity
What is the purpose of economic a...,
What do consumer wants and needs ...,
What are the 4 factors of production
3
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The Basic Economic Problem
Resources are ____ but wants and ...,
There is scarcity so we must,
What is an opportunity cost
6
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PPFs
What do ppfs show,
How are opportunity costs shown i...,
How does the ppf shift
3
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Demand
What is demand,
What does the demand curve show,
What are some of the factors that...
3
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Elasticity Of Demand
What is cross price elasticity of...,
How is xped impacted by substitutes,
How does complementary product im...
20
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Supply
What is supply,
What does the supply curve show,
What are some the factors that ca...
3
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Elasticity Of Supply
What is price elasticity of supply,
What is the equation for pes,
What does perfectly inelastic mean
10
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Functions Of Price Mechanism
What is the signalling function,
What is the rationing function,
What is the incentive function
3
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Interrelated Markets
What is joint demand,
What is demand for substitute goods,
What is composite demand
5
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Production, Cost And Revenue
What is production,
What is productivity,
What is the equation for producti...
16
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Economies Of Scale
What are internal economies of scale,
What are external economies of scale,
What are diseconomies of scale
3
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Market Structures
What is each market structure cha...,
What s the main objective of firms,
Why is survival another objective...
5
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Market Failure
What is market failure,
What are the types of market fail...,
What are public goods
12
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Government Interventions
How do govs use regulation to pre...,
What some evaluation of regulation,
How do govs use subsidies to
14
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Government Failure
What is government failure,
How is unintended consequences a ...,
How is information gaps a cause o...
5
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Costs
What is the short run,
What is the long run,
Are the factors of production var...
12
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Profit
What is the formula to calculate ...,
What are normal profits,
What are supernormal profits
6
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Revenue
0
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Behaviour Economics
What does traditional economics a...,
What does behavioural economics d...,
Behaviour economics focuses on th...
19
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Poverty
What is absolute poverty,
What is relative poverty,
What are some of the causes of po...
6
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Inequality
What are sources of wealth,
What are the three ways to measur...,
What s the lorenz curve
11
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Supply And Demand For Labour
What is the supply of labour,
What does the supply of labour cu...,
What are some factors that can in...
16
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Trade Unions
What is a trade union,
What are the aims of a trade union,
What is collective bargaining
13
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Monopsony
What is a monopsony labour market,
When will the employer hire extra...,
Is a monopsony a price taker
5
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The National Minimum Wage
What is the national minimum wage,
What are some advantages of the n...,
What are some limitations of the ...
4
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Discrimination
When is discrimination in the lab...,
What are some of the problems of ...,
How can market forces work agains...
6
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Perfect Competition
What are the features of a perfec...,
What is perfect competition like ...,
What s happens to perfect competi...
4
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Monopolistic Competition
What are the features of a monopo...,
What s some examples of monopolis...,
What s the efficiency of monopoli...
3
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Oligopolies
What is an oligopoly,
What are some examples of oligopo...,
What curve do you use for oligopo...
21
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Monopolies
Is a monopoly efficient,
What are some problems with a mon...,
What are the potential benefits o...
6
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Price Discrimination
What are the necessary conditions...,
What is 1st degree price discrimi...,
What is 2nd degree price discrimi...
7
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Objectives Of Firms
How is survival an objective a fi...,
How is growth another objective o...,
How is quality another objective ...
6
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Contestable Markets?
What are contestable markets,
What are the conditions necessary...,
What are sunk costs
9
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Technological Change
What is invention,
What is innovation,
What are the different methods of...
7
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Nationalisation Vs Privatisation
What is nationalisation,
What are some positives of nation...,
What are some arguments against n...
7
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Regulation And Deregulation
What is regulation,
What are some examples of regulation,
What are some of the problems tha...
6
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