Defining
Economics
Economics analyzes human behaviour scientifically. It
explores the economic interactions between consumers and producers. Economics
evolves continuously as current observations and experience provide new
evidence about economic behaviour and relationships. Economics examines how
people choose among the alternatives available to them. It is social because it
involves people and their behaviour. It is a science because it uses, as much
as possible, a scientific approach in its investigation of choices.Adam Smith, who is regarded as Father of Economics. He defined economics
as “a science which inquires into the nature and cause of wealth of nations”. •
He emphasized the production and growth of wealth as the subject matter of
economics.
1.Meaning:
Microeconomics is the branch of Economics that is related to
the study of individual, household and firm’s behaviour in decision making and
allocation of the resources. It comprises markets of goods and services and
deals with economic issues. Macroeconomics is the branch of Economics that
deals with the study of the behaviour and performance of the economy in total.
The most important factors studied in macroeconomics involve gross domestic
product (
2.Area of Study:
Microeconomics studies the particular market segment of the economy on the
other hand, Macroeconomics studies the whole economy, that covers several
market segments
3.Dealings:
Microeconomics deals with various issues like demand, supply, factor
pricing, product pricing, economic welfare, production, consumption, and more.
Macroeconomics deals with various issues like national income,
distribution, employment, general, price level, money, and more.
4.Business Application:
Micro economics is applied to internal issues. Macroeconomics is applied
to environmental and external issues.
5.Significance:
It is useful in regulating the prices of a product alongside the prices of
factors of production (labour, land, entrepreneur, capital, and more) within
the economy.
It perpetuates firmness in the broad price level, and solves the major
issues of the economy like deflation, inflation, rising prices (reflation),
unemployment, and poverty as a whole.
6.Limitation:
It is based on impractical presuppositions, i.e., in microeconomics, it is
presumed that there is full employment in the community, which is not at all feasible.
It has been scrutinised that the misconception of composition’ incorporates,
which sometimes fails to prove accurate because it is feasible that what is
true for aggregate (comprehensive) may not be true for individuals as well.
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