Markets and demand

Markets and demand

One of the first topics that we look at in the Microeconomics section of the syllabus is markets and how they function.  We have already seen that there are a limited number of resources available to satisfy the unlimited wants and needs that we have.  As a result we have to answer the question of …

Elasticity

Elasticity

One area of Microeconomics that we refer to throughout the course is the concept of elasticity.  It is important to understand the overall concept of elasticity being how responsive the quantity, either demanded or supplied, is to a change in something else; this can be the price of the good or one of the non-rice …

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