The Production Possibility Frontier (PPF) or Production Possibility Curve (PPC) is the graphical expression of both the concepts of scarcity and opportunity cost. It shows the maximum amounts of production that can be obtained by an economy. (Assuming that the technological knowledge and quantity of input is fixed and the economy operates at its’ level [...]

Many see the concept of opportunity cost as one of the very few profound “eternal truths of economics,” which is a result of the universal nature of scarcity as the central economic problem.
Opportunity cost is a term used in economics, to mean the cost of something in terms of an opportunity forgone (and the benefits [...]

All the natural resources are not abundant. This term ‘Not abundant’ is called ‘scarcity’ in the terminology of economics that simply refers to limited supply of specific kind of natural resource. Scarcity or limited supply configures a natural resource as an economic resource.  So more specifically, Scarcity means not having sufficient resources to produce enough [...]

Production involves bringing together certain inputs – called factors of production or resources- to create goods and services i.e., the output. Resources are the ingredients necessary for producing goods and services, just as you cannot bake a cake without ingredients of flour, eggs, sugar, and so on. It is these resources that are scare and, [...]

To human the prime issue, as a biological being, is to maintain own life like any other animal or bird. By meeting some basic needs (like fresh air to breath, water to drink, foods for nutrition) this target is obtained.