Economics A-Level
Economic decision-making
What Economic decision-making means in Economics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Economic decision-making
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Decisions made by all economic agents, such as consumers, firms and governments, about how to allocate scarce resources.
Topics that use Economic decision-making
- Scarcity, choice and the allocation of resources (AQA A-Level)
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