It’s the time of the year when many students are getting to start economics for the first time. It can be a little confusing with so many new concepts and words. But, if we had just one lesson, what could we teach about economics? Society wishes to optimise the distribution of resources. Economics considers how …
Champagne is a very good example of a luxury good. (a change in income causes a bigger % change in demand) Furthermore, supply of Champagne is limited to certain regions of France. With this monopoly power over supply, French wine producers have been able to set very high prices. Champagne can easily go for over …
Readers Question: supposing a government printed more money but only used it to finance the cost of imported goods, what then would be the effect on the domestic economy? supposing the price of these imported goods was the same as before the extra money was printed, there is just a larger quantity of them now. …