Economics A-Level
Economic agents
What Economic agents means in Economics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Economic agents
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Individuals, firms and governments, who are forced by scarcity to make decisions about what to produce, how to produce it, and for whom to produce.
Topics that use Economic agents
- Scarcity, choice and the allocation of resources (AQA A-Level)
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