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What is Economics?

Economics has three main objectives:

• To explain...
  Given a wide range of circumstances, how does an individual make a rational choice between the available alternatives?
• To understand...
  How can we understand the nature of social institutions, such as firms and markets, within which such choices are made?
• To analyse...
  How do these individuals and institutions work together to generate outcomes for society as a whole?

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