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Lecture notes Transport economics 1A (TRE11A1) The Economics of Transport
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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION TO THE ECONOMICS OF TRANSPORT
MR. Lunga Jacobs
,LEARNING OUTCOMES
In the course of this chapter you will learn about:
•The background to transport economics
•The relevance of economics to transport
•Scarcity, choice and opportunity cost
•The three economic/ market systems
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,INTRODUCTION
Economics can be defined as:
The study of how society uses its
limited resources
The science that deals with
production, distribution, and
consumption of goods and services, or
the material welfare of humankind
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, INTRODUCTION
What is the economy?
The system of how money is made and
used within a particular country or region
The state of a country or region in terms of
the production and consumption of goods and
services and the supply of money
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