Explain the difference between human needs and wants
What will be an ideal response?
Needs are objectively undefinable. Needs are the essentials of life: food, clothing, water and shelter. They are basics of life you can't live without. Needs are things you have to have, items you can't do without. Wants are things you desire to increase your level of happiness. They are not absolutely necessary. Humans have unlimited wants, and so they cannot have all of them given limited resources.
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The longer the time that has elapsed since the price of a good changed, the
A) more elastic the demand for that good. B) steeper the demand curve. C) less elastic the demand for that good. D) smaller the amount of that good bought. E) fewer substitutes available for the good.
Refer to Figure 4-5. Suppose that instead of a price ceiling, the government imposed a price floor of R1. What is the quantity of apartments demanded at the new price?
A) 0 B) Q0 C) Q1 D) Q*