A) What determines whether or not a resource is scarce? B) Why is the concept of scarcity important to the definition of economics? Economics is the science of the study of the scarcity of resources. Explain and illustrate with the help of examples. ...
Why Sociology is Better Conditioned to Explain Economic Behaviour than EconomicsThis note analyzes the impacts of the fragmentation of economics into different schools of thought and of social science into the sub-disciplines economics, sociology and psychology. Fragmentation is based on the assumption ...
Why is GDP growth important to any government? What is the difference between real and nominal GDP? Explain how the four uses of output help us determine the gdp. Discuss at least two benefits of the GDP or reasons why GDP is one of the greatest c...
Transfers of resources in dictator games vary significantly by the characteristics of recipients. We focus on social norms and demonstrate that variation i
The essays comprising this collection analyze the deep flaws in the methodological foundation of mainstream economic theory, and explain how these flaws make mainstream economics more ideology than sound social science. James Crotty deve... JR Crotty - 《Capitalism Macroeconomics & Reality》 被引量: ...
Why Do Franchisors Combine Franchises and Company-Owned Units? FranchisingCompany-OwnershipDistribution ChannelsPlural FormDual FormThis work explores the strategic motivation of franchisors to combine franchised and company-... T Ehrmann,G Spranger - 《Social Science Electronic Publishing》 被引量: 38发...
Why does the choice of perspe How do sociology and anthropology relate to economics? What are the basic assumptions of structural functionalism? Why is structural functionalism important? What is the difference between applied sociology and general sociology? Is social ...
Perhaps the most influential text in the revival of cultural economics was “Making Democracy Work”, a book from 1993 by Robert Putnam. Mr Putnam tried to understand why for many decades northern Italy had been richer than the south, folding the explanation under the catch-all term “social ...
Explain the main branches of economics. Describe the four main objectives of a case study. What are the reasons why economists advise that doing business must ensure the achievement of the eight economic goals? What does each economic goal mean?
Consumer preference is a concept used in economics to explain how, when, and why consumers make decisions about the goods and services they purchase. It states that consumers will decide what goods and services to buy based on their evaluations of different combinations of goods and services and...