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2nd Year Economics
2nd Year Economics Revision
Question | Answer |
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What is a need? | Something that we must have |
What is a want? | Something that we desire but don't need |
What is opportunity cost? | The loss of other alternatives when one alternative is chosen |
What is financial cost? | The amount that the item costs |
What is economics | Study of how people and businesses with a limited income make decisions about what to spend to satisfy their needs and wants |
What is an example of a limited resource for consumers? | Money |
What does CSO stand for? | Central Statistics Office |
When does scarcity happen? | When there is not enough of something to satisfy everyone's wants |
If you have €100,000 to spend on you company. You have a choice of buying vans for your company or increasing workers wages. What is the financial cost of buying the vans? | €100,000 |
If you have €100,000 to spend on you company. You have a choice of buying vans for your company or increasing workers wages. What is the opportunity cost of increasing workers wages? | Buying the vans |
You have €1. You want to buy a Mooju that cost 60 cent or a cookie that cost 90 cent. You purchase the cookie. What is the opportunity cost? | The Mooju |