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What is the focus of microeconomics?
What is the focus of microeconomics?
Microeconomics focuses on individual agents and markets, their interactions, and the outcomes of interactions.
What does macroeconomics analyze?
What does macroeconomics analyze?
Macroeconomics analyzes the economy as a system where production, consumption, saving, and investment interact, and factors affecting it such as employment, inflation, economic growth, and public policies.
What are the broad distinctions within economics?
What are the broad distinctions within economics?
The broad distinctions within economics include positive economics (describing 'what is') and normative economics (advocating 'what ought to be'), economic theory and applied economics, rational and behavioural economics, and mainstream and heterodox economics.
Where can economic analysis be applied?
Where can economic analysis be applied?
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What are some examples of individual agents in microeconomics?
What are some examples of individual agents in microeconomics?
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