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Introduction to Microeconomics

Introduction to Economics
Introduction to Economics
The term Economics originated from the Greek word 'oikonomos,' meaning household management. It is the study of how individuals, businesses, and ...
Micro vs Macro
Micro vs Macro
Economics can be subdivided into microeconomics and macroeconomics. The term micro means small. So, microeconomics studies the behavior of individual ...
Need to Study Microeconomics
Need to Study Microeconomics
Microeconomics helps markets, firms, and individuals optimize their outcomes by efficiently allocating scarce resources, whether it's time, money, or ...
Trade-offs
Trade-offs
In a world of limited resources, every decision involves trade-offs. It is a situation where one gives up one thing to gain another. For consumers, ...
Opportunity Cost
Opportunity Cost
Opportunity cost represents the benefit a person or business foregoes by choosing one alternative over another. It quantifies the cost of not selecting ...
Market
Market
A market is a complex network where buyers and sellers come together to exchange goods, services, or assets. It plays a key role in how our economy ...
Production Possibility Frontier (PPF)
Production Possibility Frontier (PPF)
The production possibilities frontier is a graphical representation of all the possible output combinations of two goods an economy can produce. This ...
Rotations in PPF
Rotations in PPF
When the production possibilities frontier rotates, the economy can increase or decrease the production of one good without sacrificing the output of ...
Shifts in PPF
Shifts in PPF
A rotation in the production possibilities frontier represents a change in the efficiency of resources, enabling increased production of one good without ...
Positive and Normative Economics
Positive and Normative Economics
Economics has two fundamental branches. They are positive and normative economics. Positive economics is about objective statements that can be tested and ...
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