Scarcity and Choice
Understanding the fundamental economic problem: limited resources versus unlimited wants.
Key Questions
- 1Why can't we have everything we want?
- 2How do individuals and societies make choices about what to produce?
- 3What is opportunity cost and how does it affect our decisions?
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