Samuelson’s three questions
America’s first Nobel Prize winner for economics, the late Paul Samuelson, is often…
Choice and opportunity cost
Choice and opportunity cost are two fundamental concepts in economics. Given that resources are limited,…
Types of production
Production is undertaken by firms, also known as enterprises, or businesses. There…
Factors of production
Production involves the creation of goods and services by using scarce resources.…
Positive and normative economics
As a social science, economics attempts to use the principles and methods…
The role of the professional economist
Professional economists apply their skills of description, analysis, model building, and prediction…
The methods used by economists
Economists use scientific observation and deduction in their investigations. To achieve this they: Describe…
