- •I. The scope of economic problems
- •Opportunity Cost
- •The scope of economics and the role of the economist
- •Try to reconstruct the text using key words and word combinations listed above.
- •Answer the following questions to the text.
- •3. Define whether the statement is true or false.
- •Choose the best alternative to complete the sentence.
- •Match the words from a and b to make a combination.
- •Find synonyms and antonyms (if any) to the words given.
- •II. Production
- •Division of labour
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- •Answer the following questions to the text.
- •Classification of trades
- •Products
- •Consumer products
- •Producer products
- •Products and technology
- •Product life cycle
- •Introductory stage
- •Product quality
- •Try to reconstruct the text using key words and word combinations listed above.
- •Answer the following questions to the text.
- •Economies of scale
- •Productivity
- •Types of production
- •Push and pull production
- •Continuous and batch production
- •Large scale production
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- •Answer the following questions to the text.
- •Define whether the statement is true or false.
- •Choose the best alternative to complete the sentence.
- •Match the words with their definitions.
- •Find synonyms and antonyms (if any) to the words given.
- •III. Business organisation
- •Sole trader
- •Partnership
- •Joint stock company
- •Business combinations
- •Integration
- •Capital Structure
- •Try to reconstruct the text using key words and word combinations listed above.
- •Answer the following questions to the text.
- •Define whether the statement is true or false.
- •Choose the best alternative to complete the sentence.
- •Match the words with their definitions.
- •Find synonyms and antonyms (if any) to the words given.
- •IV. Economic systems
- •Free enterprise
- •Planned economy
- •Mixed economy
- •Recent State Enterprise in Europe
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- •Answer the following questions to the text.
- •3. Define whether the statement is true or false.
- •4. Choose the best alternative to complete the sentence.
- •Classify the tasks you consider to be governmental responsibilities in the order of importance.
- •Match the words from a and b to make a combination.
- •7. Find synonyms and antonyms (if any) to the words given.
- •V. Government in a market economy Supplemental reading
- •Income and Social Welfare
- •References
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