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Basic Concepts of Economics

ICSE · Class 11 · Economics

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1. Microeconomics and Macroeconomics

  • The terms microeconomics and macroeconomics were first coined by Ragnar Frisch of Oslo University in 1933.
  • 'Micro' comes from the Greek word 'mikros', meaning small.
  • 'Macro' comes from the Greek word 'makros', meaning large.
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2. Utility and Marginal Utility

  • Utility means the psychological satisfaction obtained from the consumption of a commodity.
  • Utility is measured in psychological units called utils.
  • Utility is subjective, relative, abstract, differs from usefulness, differs from pleasure, has no ethical or moral significance, and depends on the intensity of want.
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3. Value and Price

  • Value is used in two senses: value-in-use and value-in-exchange.
  • Value-in-use is the satisfaction obtained from consumption.
  • Value-in-exchange is the quantity of another commodity that can be exchanged for it.
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4. Wealth and Welfare

  • Wealth means all things that have value and satisfy the four characteristics: utility, scarcity, transferability, and externality.
  • A thing must possess all four characteristics to be called wealth.
  • Wealth may be individual, social, national, or international.

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Microeconomics studies the economic behaviourMacroeconomics studies aggregates of the wholeUtility is the psychological satisfactionMarginal utility is the addition madeThe law states that after consuming

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