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IGCSE ECONOMICS The Basic Economic Problem Summary. The Nature of the Economic Problem Resources: are the inputs required for the production of goods and services. Scarcity: a lack of something (in this context, resources). The fundamental economic problem is that there is a scarcity of resource...

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IGCSE ECONOMICS
The Basic Economic
Problem.

, The Basic Economic Problem

The Nature of the Economic Problem


Resources: are the inputs required for the production of goods and services.

Scarcity: a lack of something (in this context, resources).

The fundamental economic problem is that there is a scarcity of resources to satisfy all
human wants and needs. There are finite resources and unlimited wants. This is
applicable to consumers, producers, workers and the government, in how they manage
their resources.

Economic goods are those which are scarce in supply and so can only be produced with
an economic cost and/or consumed with a price. In other words, an economic good is a
good with an opportunity cost. All the goods we buy are economic goods, from bottled
water to clothes.

Free goods, on the other hand, are those which are abundant in supply, usually referring
to natural sources such as air and sunlight.

The Factors of Production
Resources are also called ‘factors of production’ (especially in Business). They are:

Land: all natural resources in an economy. This includes the surface of the earth,
lakes, rivers, forests, mineral deposits, climate etc.

The reward for land is the rent it receives


Since, the amount of land in existence stays the same, its supply is said to be fixed.
But in relation to a country or business, when it takes over or expands to a new area,
you can say that the supply of land has increased, but the supply is not depended on
its price, i.e. rent.

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