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| production, exchange, distribution and consumption |
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| although we have unlimited wants and needs, the resources available are limited. So more of a thing usually means having less of another |
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| the study of how people make choices under conditions of scarcity and the results of those choices for society. |
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| an actor should take an action if, and only if, the extra benefits are greater than or equal to the extra cost. (time is the most scarce resource) |
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| someone with well defined goals who tries to fulfill those goals as best she can |
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| some personally defined benefit of engaging in an activity minus the cost of said activity |
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