Understanding Business
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ISBN: 9780078023163
Author: William G Nickels, James McHugh, Susan McHugh
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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To think critically about: Social welfare as an outcome of efforts by a single sector of the society.
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Economics is the term used for the study of production, distribution and consumption of resources.
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To think critically about: Social welfare as an outcome of efforts by a single sector of the society with the use of the concept developed by the economist Adam Smith.
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Economics is the term used for the study of production, distribution and consumption of resources.
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