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This document discusses fundamental economic concepts including producer and consumer goods, factors of production, laws of demand and supply. It defines producer goods as goods that satisfy human wants indirectly in production, and consumer goods as goods that directly satisfy wants. The four factors of production are identified as land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship. The laws of demand and supply are explained, with demand decreasing and supply increasing with price. Determinants of both demand and supply are also outlined.

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This document discusses fundamental economic concepts including producer and consumer goods, factors of production, laws of demand and supply. It defines producer goods as goods that satisfy human wants indirectly in production, and consumer goods as goods that directly satisfy wants. The four factors of production are identified as land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship. The laws of demand and supply are explained, with demand decreasing and supply increasing with price. Determinants of both demand and supply are also outlined.

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Seventh Semester

Engineering Economics
HSS-4002
Lecture 02

Lidwin Kenneth Michael,


Faculty, Dept. of Humanities and Management,
Manipal Institute of Technology - Manipal
Fundamental Economic Concepts

 Producer and consumer goods

 Factors of production

 Law of Demand

 Law of Supply

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Producer and Consumer Goods
Consumer Goods
Consumer goods are the goods and services that directly satisfy
human wants.
Ex: Television sets, Bread, Milk etc.

Producer Goods
• Producer goods are the goods and services that satisfy human
wants indirectly as a part of production or construction process.
• They are required for producing other goods.
Ex: Machines, steel, tools etc.
• The demand for these goods are derived from consumer goods.

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Factors of Production
An Economic term to describe the inputs that are used
in the production of goods and services in an
attempt to make an economic profit.

The factors of production include:


 Land
 Labor
 Capital
 Entrepreneurship

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Factors of Production
• Land: Includes resources such as minerals, oil,
wood etc.
• Labor: Includes the skill of those who work, as well
as the quantity of people who are available for
work.
• Capital: It is the money invested into the business
such as machinery, buildings etc.
• Enterprise: This is the ability to combine other
factors of production and to use them profitably to
produce goods and services.
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Demand Analysis
Demand for a commodity refers to the quantity of the commodity which an
individual customer or household is willing to purchase per unit of time at a
particular price.

• Demand for a commodity implies the following:

- Desire of a consumer to buy a product.

- Sufficient purchasing power. Individual Household Market/ Aggregate


Demand Demand Demand

• Types of demand:
– Individual Demand: When we are dealing with a goods demanded by an individual, it is called
as individual demand.

– Household Demand: If the goods are demanded by the household, then it is said to be
household demand.
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Law of Demand
Law of Demand states that Higher the price lower the
quantity demanded and vice versa, other things
remaining constant.

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Law of Demand
Law of Demand states that Higher the price lower the
quantity demanded and vice versa, other things
remaining constant.

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Law of Demand
Price of coffee A demand curve is the graphical
bean (per
gallon)
representation of the demand schedule; it
shows how much of a good or service
consumers want to buy at any given price.
$2.00

1.75

1.50

1.25

1.00

0.75 As price rises, the Demand


quantity curve, D
0.50 demanded falls

0 7 9 11 13 15 17
Quantity of coffee beans
(billions of pounds)
Determinants of Demand
The Demand for a product is influenced by:
 Price of the Product
 Income of the Consumer
 Prices of related goods
– Substitutes
– Complements
 Tastes and preferences
 Advertisements
 Expectations
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Exceptions to the law of Demand
 Geffen Goods: In the case of Geffen goods or
inferior goods, law of demand does not hold good.
ex: Demand for potatoes.
 Commodities that are used as status symbols.
 Expectations of the change in price of commodity.

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Supply
Supply of a commodity refers to various quantities of
commodity which a seller is willing and able to sell
at different prices in a given market at a point of
time, other things remaining same.

Law of Supply
Law of supply states that other things remaining
constant, more of a commodity is supplied at higher
price and less of it is supplied at lower price.

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Supply

Determinants of supply:

Price of the good.


Prices of factors of production.
State of Technology.
Producers objectives.

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