Scarcity, choice and opportunity cost
Scarcity, choice and opportunity cost
Economics starts with scarcity: resources are limited, but wants are unlimited. The allocation of resources is how land, labour, capital and enterprise are distributed between competing uses, and how final goods and services are distributed between people.
Step-by-step lessons on OCR A Level Economics The allocation of resources. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Start with the core supply-and-demand models before moving on to the more evaluation-heavy macroeconomic policy topics.