Economics 101

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Which social science studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services?

  • Economics (correct)
  • Sociology
  • Anthropology
  • Psychology

What does microeconomics analyze?

  • The behavior of individuals in the economy (correct)
  • The behavior of the economy as a whole
  • The relationship between saving and investment
  • The impact of public policies on the economy

What does macroeconomics analyze?

  • The relationship between saving and investment
  • The behavior of the economy as a whole (correct)
  • The behavior of individuals in the economy
  • The impact of public policies on the economy

What is the difference between positive economics and normative economics?

<p>Positive economics describes what is, while normative economics advocates what ought to be. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where can economic analysis be applied?

<p>Various fields including business, finance, cybersecurity, health care, engineering, and government (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the earlier term for the discipline of economics?

<p>Political economy (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does rational economics focus on?

<p>The behavior of individuals in the economy (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does behavioral economics focus on?

<p>The behavior of individuals in the economy (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does mainstream economics refer to?

<p>Positive economics (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does heterodox economics refer to?

<p>Mainstream economics (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which term is derived from the Ancient Greek word for 'way to run a household'?

<p>Economy (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Adam Smith, what is the objective of political economy?

<p>To provide a plentiful revenue or subsistence for the people (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who coined the term 'the dismal science' as an epithet for classical economics?

<p>Thomas Carlyle (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Lionel Robbins, what is the definition of economics?

<p>The science which studies human behavior as a relationship between ends and scarce means (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Alfred Marshall define economics as?

<p>A study of man in the ordinary business of life (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Robbins, why can economics be used to study war?

<p>War has a sought after end and uses scarce resources (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What criticism has been made about the definition of economics in relation to markets?

<p>It fails to limit its subject matter to analysis of markets (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Gary Becker, what approach does he favor in economics?

<p>Assumptions of maximizing behavior, stable preferences, and market equilibrium (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of economics according to Jean-Baptiste Say?

<p>The science of production, distribution, and consumption of wealth (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of economics according to John Stuart Mill?

<p>The science which traces the laws of such of the phenomena of society as arise from the combined operations of mankind for the production of wealth (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is credited with being the 'first economist' in ancient times?

<p>Hesiod (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which group of 18th-century French thinkers and writers developed the idea of the economy as a circular flow of income and output?

<p>Physiocrats (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the economic doctrine that held that a nation's wealth depended on its accumulation of gold and silver?

<p>Mercantilism (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who rejected the method-based definition of Robbins and preferred definitions like those of Say?

<p>All of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Ha Joon Chang argue about the definition of Robbins and economics?

<p>It makes economics very peculiar because all other sciences define themselves in terms of methodology. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Joseph Schumpeter describe 16th and 17th-century scholastic writers as?

<p>The 'founders' of scientific economics (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the word Oikos refer to in ancient Greece?

<p>Issues regarding how to manage a household (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the mercantilist doctrine call for in terms of trade and manufacturing?

<p>Importing cheap raw materials and imposing protective tariffs on foreign manufactured goods (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the Physiocrats believe was the basis of all wealth?

<p>Agricultural production (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the lack of agreement on definitions in economics textbooks affect, according to the same source?

<p>The subject-matter that the texts treat (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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