It can be said that, ultimately, consumers are the driving force in answering the three basic economic questions. Explain the consumer's role in providing these answers

What will be produced is determined by businesses, but they know that the only way to succeed is to offer products consumers find desirable. What they produce is determined by what consumers want. How the goods will be produced is determined by firms that continually seek lower costs of production. Since consumers are price conscious, they will buy the product that carries the lowest price, ceteris paribus. Firms that lower production costs can lower prices and attract more consumers. The goods are consumed by people who desire them and have the ability to pay. Since income is derived from production, those who produce more of what consumers value will have higher incomes. The consumer is at the heart of all three basic economic questions.