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What is microeconomics primarily concerned with?
Allocating
scarce
resources
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Why is the term 'basic economic problem' considered misleading?
Because the problem is very
severe
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What are the two types of wants mentioned in microeconomics?
Unlimited
wants and
real desires
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What does 'resources' refer to in economics?
Factors of
production
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How many types of factors of production are there?
Four
types
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What are the four types of factors of production?
Capital
Enterprise
Land
Labor
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What is capital defined as in economics?
Man-made aids to
production
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What role does enterprise play in economics?
Risk takers who
innovate
for
profit
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What does land refer to in the context of factors of production?
Natural
resources
like farmland
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What is labor in economics?
Human resources
that produce
goods
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Why do we have to make choices in economics?
Because
resources
are
scarce
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What are the three fundamental choices in economics?
What to
produce
How to produce it
For whom to produce
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How do businesses decide what to produce in a market economy?
Based on
consumer demand
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What influences how businesses decide to produce goods?
Cost-effectiveness
and
productivity
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Who determines for whom goods are produced in a market economy?
Those with enough
income
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What is opportunity cost in economics?
Cost of the next best
alternative
foregone
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How do we measure whether a choice in economics is good or bad?
By comparing current choice and
opportunity cost
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What should be done if the opportunity cost is greater than the current choice's value?
Allocate resources
towards the opportunity cost
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What is the significance of opportunity cost in economics?
Measures the
value of choices made
Helps determine
good or bad decisions
Guides resource allocation
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What will the next video cover in relation to microeconomics?
Production possibility frontiers
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What is the definition of microeconomics?
The study of
individual
economic units
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How does microeconomics relate to consumer behavior?
It analyzes
choices
made by consumers
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What are the implications of scarcity on economic choices?
It forces
difficult
choices to be made
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What role does the government play in a market economy?
It can
intervene
to assist consumers
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How does innovation impact production?
It enhances
efficiency
and
productivity
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Why is measuring economic choices significant?
It helps evaluate the
effectiveness
of decisions
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What do production possibility frontiers illustrate?
Trade-offs
between different production choices
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