Chapter 1 Introduction To Economics

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Economics is best described as:
- How society uses scarce resources to produce unlimited wants.
- How to allocate wealth from rich to poor.
- The decision of maximizing society's needs.
- Human wants should be fulfilled although there is lack of resources.
Correct Answer

A. How society uses scarce resources to produce unlimited wants.

Explanation

The correct answer is how society uses scarce resources to produce unlimited wants. This answer accurately describes the fundamental concept of economics, which is the study of how societies allocate their limited resources to fulfill their unlimited wants and needs. It recognizes the scarcity of resources and the challenge of making choices to maximize the satisfaction of those wants and needs.

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Advantages of the Socialist Economic System. You can select more than one answers.
- The government can direct the nations resources to produce desirable goods and services.
- Prices of goods and services are controlled by the state.
- The government provides public goods for the benefit of society which depend on the needs of society.
- There is no economic freedom in a command economy.
Correct Answer(s)

A. The government can direct the nations resources to produce desirable goods and services.
A. Prices of goods and services are controlled by the state.
A. The government provides public goods for the benefit of society which depend on the needs of society.

Explanation

The advantages of a socialist economic system include the government's ability to direct national resources towards producing desirable goods and services, controlling the prices of goods and services, and providing public goods that benefit society based on its needs.

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________ refers to the types of goods produced in a country.

Correct Answer(s)
What to produced?

Explanation
The question is asking about the types of goods that are produced in a country. The phrase "What to produced?" is a grammatically incorrect version of the question, but it can still be understood to mean the same thing.

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Distinguish between microeconomics and macroeconomics, and give one (1) appropriate example each.

Chapter 1 Introduction To Economics

Is the basis of an Islamic Economic System is the principles of Islamic Shari'ah true or false?

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Economics is best described as:

Advantages of the Socialist Economic System. You can select more than one answers.

________ refers to the types of goods produced in a country.

Distinguish between microeconomics and macroeconomics, and give one (1) appropriate example each.