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Economics is a social science that seeks to analyze and describe the production, distribution, and consumption of wealth. The word "economics" is from the Greek nomos" target="_blank" >*, "custom, law," and hence means "household management." "management of the state." An economist is a person using economic concepts and data in the course of employment, or someone who has earned a university degree in the subject.
The classic brief definition of economics, set out by Lionel Robbins in 1932, is "the science which studies human behavior as a relation between scarce means having alternative uses." Briefer yet is "the study of how people seek to satisfy needs and wants." Absent scarcity and alternative uses, there is no economic problem.Economics can also be defined as the study of "The financial aspects of human behaviour."
The subject has two broad branches: microeconomics, where the unit of analysis is the individual agent, such as a household, firm (economics jargon for a "business"), or government department, and macroeconomics, where the unit of analysis is the nation state. Another division of the subject distinguishes positive economics, which seeks to predict and explain economic phenomena, from normative economics, which orders choices and actions by some criterion; such orderings necessarily involve subjective value judgments.
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ACCC's 26th National Oncology Economics Conference, Looming Crises in Cancer Care: http://tinyurl.com/yb2z9hg
TheGivingForest (The Giving Forest) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:04:57 -0000
ACCC's 26th National Oncology Economics Conference, Looming Crises in Cancer Care: http://tinyurl.com/yb2z9hg
@HappilyEverCH just beginning for the most part. My experience includes high school home economics and playing on moms machine when I was 8
RachelWakefield (Rachel Wakefield) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:03:18 -0000
@HappilyEverCH just beginning for the most part. My experience includes high school home economics and playing on moms machine when I was 8
What If I Have A Low Gmat Score Or Undergraduate Gpa?: Having earned his undergraduate degree in Economics and Mat... http://bit.ly/4Eh4DZ
macedoniot (Carolyn Lockwood) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:00:08 -0000
What If I Have A Low Gmat Score Or Undergraduate Gpa?: Having earned his undergraduate degree in Economics and Mat... http://bit.ly/4Eh4DZ
@HamiPee lol economics and politics.
Miss_Lore (Abisola A) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:59:40 -0000
@HamiPee lol economics and politics.
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RT @rightsidenews The Growing Movement to Nullify National Health Care | Politics & Economics http://bit.ly/4O5XgN
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AP Macroeconomics Review - Provides review material for the AP Macroeconomics Exam in .pdf format.
FedVille - Online game complete with a local bank that encourages kids to save, a neighborhood cinema that shows movies about money, and a local deli and store where kids can spend their earnings.
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In the Mix - Online companion to the PBS special Financial Literacy: On The Money includes resources, activities, information, advice, video clips, and polls.
IRS Tax Interactive - Educates teenagers about the U.S. tax system, the effect of taxes on their day-to-day lives, and new electronic ways to file tax returns.
iwChameleon Internet Publishing - Publishes free teaching/learning resources plus sources of reference for GCSE Business and Communication Systems and Business Studies.
Meta Description: [ This website contains teacher resources and student revision exercises for GCSE Business and Communication Systems, Business Studies and GNVQ ICT ]
Moneyopolis - Game challenges kids to earn, save, and spend money. Players are given seed money and then visit the game's seven centers: financial planning, job, banking, shopping, education, community centers and city hall. Includes teacher's guide.
Museum of American Financial History - Online exhibits and resources chronicling the role of finance and capital markets in American history.
Peanuts and Crackerjacks - Interactive introduction to the economics of pro sports. From the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Includes teacher's guide.
Taking the Pulse of the Economy - Explores what a recession is and whether the United States is in one now. From Washington Post's KidPost.
Tax History Project - Information about the history of American taxation, with web-based documentary publications and original research.
TeachingKidsBusiness.com - Introduces the basics of business by allowing players to create a product, advertise and market it.
The Mint - Provides basic information about starting a business, earning money, spending it wisely, and saving and investing. Includes quizzes, games, glossary of financial terms, and a look at how consumer habits influence the economy.
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The Tax Museum - An interactive overview of the history of American revenue policy and politics, with narrative text and multimedia material.
Washingtonpost.com: Business Glossary - Searchable dictionary of more than 1,250 business terms.
Meta Description: [ Browse or search business terms in the online business glossary. Find information on business terms and definitions in the cross-referenced index. ]
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