|
|
SCARCITY RENT: The marginal opportunity cost imposed on future generations by extracting one more unit of a resource today. Scarcity rent is one of two costs the extraction of a finite resource imposes on society. The other is marginal extraction cost--the opportunity cost of resources employed in the extraction activity. Scarcity rent is the cost of "using up" a finite resource because benefits of the extracted resource are unavailable to future generations. Efficiency is achieved when the resource price--the benefit society is willing to pay for the resource today--is equal to the sum of marginal extraction cost and scarcity rent.
Visit the GLOSS*arama
|
|
|
|
|
POSITIVE ECONOMICS The branch of economics that seeks to explain the way the economy actually operates. It is the application of the scientific method and the process of testing hypothesis to economic phenomena. A positive economic statement is one that can be refuted by looking at the real world--that is, by testing a hypothesis.
Complete Entry | Visit the WEB*pedia |
|
|
BLACK DISMALAPOD
[What's This?]
Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time searching for a specialty store wanting to buy either a lazy Susan for you dining room table or a set of serrated steak knives, with durable plastic handles. Be on the lookout for empty parking spaces that appear to be near the entrance to a store.
Your Complete Scope
This isn't me! What am I?
|
|
|
There were no banks in colonial America before the U.S. Revolutionary War. Anyone seeking a loan did so from another individual.
|
|
|
"To understand a man, you must know his memories. The same is true of a nation." -- Anthony Quayle, Actor
|
|
FAO
Food and Agricultural Organization
|
|
|
Tell us what you think about AmosWEB. Like what you see? Have suggestions for improvements? Let us know. Click the User Feedback link.
User Feedback
|
|
