Introduction

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Lesson Objectives

Following successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to...

  • define wants, needs, scarcity, marginal benefits, marginal costs, and economics.
  • explain the problem of scarcity.
  • evaluate a decision using marginal benefit and marginal cost analysis.

The above objectives correspond with the Alabama Course of Study: Economics standards: 1, 1.1, 2.2.