Economics

Factors of Production

An economy owns factors of production which are used in production process. Factors of production are also known as inputs of the production process. Level of …

Barter Economy

Barter economy is where goods are exchanged for goods rather than using money to perform transactions. Barter economy existed in the past where there were no …

Economic Models and Production Possibilities Frontier

The expression of a model can be in the form of words, diagrams, or mathematical equations, depending on the audience and the point of the model. These are the …

Goods vs Services

Goods and services aims at fulfilling customer needs.  Examples of goods are books, foods, clothes and so on. Examples for services would be hair dressing, …

Needs, Wants and Demand

Needs are basic physical and mental conditions of a human that need to be satisfied using a product or a services. In other hand wants can be defined as ways …

Characteristics of Money

In past people used barter system (exchange goods for goods) [Click here to visit the article on barter economy] to obtain goods and services. But with …

Functions of Money

“Money” is a word which holds a huge buzz in a current world as it said that money dominates the world. In simple terms Money is anything that can …

Demand for Money

People may demand money for different purposes. Some may demand money to buy goods, some may want to save money in bank where as some may want to invest money …

Nationalization

Nationalization is a process by which government acquires private owned properties and businesses to generate increased social welfare and protect …

Privatization

Privatization is a process by which the government sells off the public property/government’s stake in a company with the expectation of generating more …