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Economics : Economic Model And Capitalist Economic Models

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Assignment on: Economics Submitted by: XXX Economics Chapter 9 Summary In this chapter, capitalist economic models, whether they are classical economic models or capitalist economic models, they are based on the notions and principles of demand and supply. According to the capitalism theories, price reflects the demand and as the demand fluctuates so does the price. The study, of demand and price, reveals that the relation between price and demand is negative; with the increase of price, the quantity demanded will decrease and with decrease of price, for normal goods, quantity demanded will increase. However, this phenomenon can be understood from price perspective; the increase in demand, for a normal good will increase the price, whereas the decrease, in demand, for normal good will decrease price. When we study Price in detail, it becomes apparent that price is influenced or constructed by various factors. For instance, in a perfect market system, where there are number of buyers and sellers and both sellers and buyers have required market information, not only a uniform price will prevail, but also the quantity demanded will be highly price-elastic. In this chapter, this means that if a seller would increase its price, than the existing or prevailing price, in the market, the quantity demanded for its product would decrease dramatically. In such markets, the demand curve, for normal goods is flat. Price is a partial-manifestation of cost and if the cost, of

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