What is Economics
NIOS · Class 10 · Economics
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Learn the Theory
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Revise & Test
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What to Focus On
- Economics has changed from a narrow view of wealth to a wider view of welfare, scarcity, growth, and sustainability.
- Wealth definition focuses on creation of wealth.
- Welfare definition focuses on human well-being.
- Micro economics deals with small-level economic decisions.
- Macro economics deals with the whole economy.
- Price determination of a good is a micro economic problem.
- Micro economics studies individual behaviour as buyer, seller, and producer.
- It focuses on demand, supply, price, and production decisions at a small level.
- It helps explain market price of a good.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
Economics is only the study of money, wealth, and becoming rich.
Welfare in economics means only money and material goods.
Scarcity means poverty only, and choice matters only for poor people.
Memory Tips
Economics as the science of wealth
Economics as the science of welfare
Quantitative and qualitative welfare
Science of scarcity and choice
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