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Building Blocks in Economics :The Problem of Choice

CBSE · Class 9 · Social Science

Complete topic list for Building Blocks in Economics :The Problem of Choice in CBSE Class 9 Social Science. Key concepts, sub-topics, and what to focus on for board exams.

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Topics in Building Blocks in Economics :The Problem of Choice

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1. What Economics Deals With

  • Economics comes from the Greek word oikonomia, made from oikos meaning household and nemein meaning management.
  • So, economics refers to household management.
  • The discipline of Economics deals with how choices are made by optimising the use of limited resources to satisfy the needs and wants.
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2. Needs, Wants, and Scarcity

  • Needs are essentials such as food, water, and shelter.
  • Wants are things like gadgets, vacations, and luxury items.
  • Human wants are unlimited and keep changing; for instance, people may want to upgrade from a bicycle to a motorbike and then to a car.
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3. Opportunity Cost and Production Possibility Curve

  • When one alternative is chosen, the other options are given up.
  • The value of what is given up is known as opportunity cost.
  • The opportunity cost of producing sugarcane is the forgone gains from saved water and improved soil health.
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4. Three Key Questions in Economics

  • There are three key questions in economics: what to produce, how to produce, and for whom to produce.
  • What to produce asks which goods and services should be produced and in what quantities.
  • For whom to produce asks who will benefit from the goods and services produced.

Key Concepts

Central concept: Economics and the problem of choice under limited resources and unlimited wants

Needs and wantsLimited resourcesOpportunity costProduction Possibility CurveKey questions in economicsEconomic systemsPlanned economyMarket economy

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