Summary Of "Principles Of Economics" By Alfred Marshall: UNIVERSITY SUMMARIES

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PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS

BOOK III STUDY OF THE NEEDS AND THEIR SATISFACTION

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

This is a study of needs and their satisfaction, that is, of demand and consumption.
Both Ricardo and his followers were not unaware that the conditions of demand played as important a role as those of supply in determining value. But they gave rise to misunderstandings.
Analyzing the theory of demand it is possible to collect consumption statistics that can clarify difficulties in determining public welfare.
WE SHOULD ANALYZE WHETHER A GREATER WEALTH ALWAYS CONTRIBUTES TO A GREATER GENERAL WELFARE. Therefore, study to what extent the exchange value of a good, whether collective or individual, faithfully represents the increase in happiness and well-being.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BOOKS AND SUMMARIES BY MAURICIO FAU
• Release date: Jan 14, 2022
• ISBN: 9798201267834

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Summary Of Principles Of Economics By Alfred Marshall

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SUMMARY OF PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS BY ALFRED MARSHALL

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PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS

BOOK III STUDY OF THE NEEDS AND THEIR SATISFACTION

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

This is a study of needs and their satisfaction, that is, of demand and consumption.

Both Ricardo and his followers were not unaware that the conditions of demand played as important a role as those of supply in determining value. But they gave rise to misunderstandings.

Analyzing the theory of demand it is possible to collect consumption statistics that can clarify difficulties in determining public welfare.

WE SHOULD ANALYZE WHETHER A GREATER WEALTH ALWAYS CONTRIBUTES TO A GREATER GENERAL WELFARE. Therefore, study to what extent the exchange value of a good, whether collective or individual, faithfully represents the increase in happiness and well-being.

CHAPTER 2 NEEDS IN RELATION TO ACTIVITIES

Human needs and desires are very wide and varied, progress increases the variety of their needs together with that of the means to satisfy them.

But civilization begins with the desire for variety itself, but not its desire for distinction. THERE IS A CONSTANT INCREASE IN BOTH VARIETY AND SPENDING.

Housing satisfies the compelling need for shelter from the environment, but that need plays little part in what is required of habitation today, for while a small but well-constructed hut provides excellent shelter, it is suffocating.

As activities increase, the demand for larger housing becomes more urgent. That is why a spacious and comfortable home is a necessity for efficiency.

The desire to pursue and develop one's own activities also leads to a growing demand for services. In a healthy state, new activities open the way for new needs.

THE THEORY OF CONSUMPTION AND THE THEORY OF NEEDS COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER

CHAPTER 3 GRADATIONS OF CONSUMER DEMAND

In the long term, the price that the merchant or industrialist can pay for something depends on the prices that consumers want to give for it.

THUS, THE DEMAND OF THE CONSUMERS GOVERNS THE DEMAND OF THE TRADERS

THERE IS A GREAT VARIETY of needs, but there is a limit to each isolated need. This human tendency can be expressed by the LAW OF SATIABLE NEEDS OR OF DECREASING UTILITY.

The additional benefit that a person derives from a given increase in the supply of something decreases with each increase in the stock that he already possesses.

THE PROFIT FROM YOUR MARGINAL PURCHASE IS CALLED MARGINAL UTILITY THAT SUCH THING REPRESENTS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL

MARGINAL UTILITY DECREASES with increasing quantity owned. In this law time does not influence.

Marginal utility in