Environmentalism
Introduction Definitions and Basics ● Natural Resources, from the Concise Encyclopedia of Economics ● The earth’s natural resources are finite, which means that if…
Introduction Definitions and Basics ● Natural Resources, from the Concise Encyclopedia of Economics ● The earth’s natural resources are finite, which means that if…
Introduction ● A resource is something we rely on or use to accomplish a goal. If you are trying to read…
Introduction Definitions and Basics ● Interdependence and the division of labor: I, Pencil, by Leonard Read. ● Simple? Yet, not a single person on the…
Introduction Definitions and Basics ● Human Capital, from the Concise Encyclopedia of Economics ● To most people capital means a bank account, a hundred…
Introduction Definitions and Basics ● Saving, from the Concise Encyclopedia of Economics ● Saving means different things to different people. To some it means…
As a social science, economics attempts to use the principles and methods of science to explain economic behaviour. This involves…
Introduction Definitions and Basics ● Stock Market, from the Concise Encyclopedia of Economics ● The price of a share of stock, like that of…
Introduction Definitions and Basics ● Foreign Exchange, from the Concise Encyclopedia of Economics ● The foreign exchange market is the market in which foreign…
Introduction Definitions and Basics ● Balance of Payments, from the Concise Encyclopedia of Economics ● The balance of payments accounts of a country record…
Introduction ● A barrier to trade is a government-imposed restraint on the flow of international goods or services. Those restraints are…