The economist's analysis in the scenario painted above incorporates the idea of OPPORTUNITY COST.
Opportunity cost refers to a value or a benefit which must be given up in order to enjoy or acquire another benefit. Because resources are scarce, one always has to make decision about how to use one's resources efficiently. In the scenario given above, Joe had the opportunity to put his money in a fixed deposit account or to use it to buy gold coins; he choose the latter given up the former. Thus, the former, which he gave up is his opportunity cost.<span />
Answer
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Explanation
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Answer:
1. Market Equilibrium, 2. Interest Rate, 3. Rationing, 4. Supply Shock, 5. Excess Supply, 6. Excess Demand, 7. Price Floor
Explanation:
1. The point at which quantity demanded and quantity supplied are equal: <u>Market Equilibrium </u>
2. The financial and opportunity costs consumers pay in searching for a good or service : <u>Interest Rate </u>
3. A system of allocating scarce goods and services by criteria other than price: <u>Rationing </u>
4. A sudden drop in the supply of a good: <u>Supply (decrease - leftward shift) shock </u>
5. Any situation in which quantity supplied exceeds quantity demanded: <u>Excess Supply </u>
6. Any situation in which quantity demanded exceeds quantity supplied: <u>Excess Demand </u>
7. A government-mandated minimum price that must be paid for a good or service: <u>Price Floor (Minimum Support Price)</u>
Sarah is an accountant with desires to open her own business. she is looking for office space at a reasonable rate along with internet service. of the conditions that need to be put in place for the entrepreneurial ecosystem, she needs social and cultural norms.
Social norms are unwritten rules about how to behave but also how things 'just are' within society. Sarah is use to having internat at a rate she can afford but needs to make sure the best rate for running her business approriately is in place. These norms are similar to cultural norms that are what is unspoken to us based on the environment in which we live. They may change as the environment adapts depending on each situation.
