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Basic Concepts of Economics

ICSE · Class 9 · Economic Applications

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Key Topics to Revise

1

Human Wants

  • Wants are effective desires that can be satisfied by making effort to acquire them
  • Wants differ from desires - desires are wishes, wants require effort to fulfill
  • Human wants are unlimited, competitive, complementary, substitutable, and recurring
2

Goods and Services Classification

  • Economic goods have price and are produced using scarce resources (food, cars)
  • Free goods are unlimited and have no price (air, sunshine)
  • Material goods are tangible (shirts, books), services are intangible (doctor's service)
3

Production and Factors of Production

  • Production is the creation of utility, not just physical manufacturing
  • Four factors of production: Land (natural resources), Labour (human effort), Capital (man-made tools), Enterprise (entrepreneurship)
  • Land includes all natural resources like soil, minerals, forests, water bodies
4

Market and Price System

  • Market is a system where buyers and sellers interact, not necessarily a physical place
  • Prices are determined by demand and supply forces in markets
  • Product markets deal with consumer goods, factor markets deal with factor services

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Human wants are effective desiresGoods and services can be classifiedUtility is the wantProduction in economics means creationA market is a system where

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