Principles of Microeconomics, 7th Edition

Published by South-Western College
ISBN 10: 128516590X
ISBN 13: 978-1-28516-590-5

Chapter 2 - Part I - Thinking Like an Economist - Problems and Applications - Page 35: 1

Answer

Economics is a science that studies human behavior which aims to the allocation of scarce resources in such a way that consumer can maximize their satisfaction, producers can maximize their profits, and society can maximize its social welfare. It is about making a choice in the presence of scarcity.

Work Step by Step

Economics is a social science that estimates the relationship between the consumption and production of goods and services in an environment of finite resources. A focus of the subject is how economic agents behave or interact both individually (microeconomics) and in aggregate (macroeconomics).
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