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　　The Central Problem of Economics

　　The central problem of economics is to satisfy the peoples and nations wants.

　　The problem we are faced with is that our resources， here identified as

　　money， are __1__. The only way we can resolve our problem is to make choices.

　　After looking at our resources， we must examine our list of __2__ and identify

　　the things we need immediately， those we can postpone， and __3__ we cannot

　　afford. As individuals， we face the central problem involved in

　　economics-deciding just how to allocate our limited our limited resources to

　　provide __4__ with the greatest satisfaction of our wants.

　　Nations face the same problem. As a countrys population ___5__， the need

　　for more goods and services grows correspondingly. Resources necessary to

　　production may increase， but there __6__ are enough resources to satisfy the

　　total desires of a nation. Whether the budget meeting is taking place in the

　　family living room， in the conference room of the corporation __7__ of

　　directors， or in the chamber of the House of Representatives in Washington， the

　　basic problem still exists. We need to find __8__ of allocating limited

　　resources in order to satisfy unlimited wants.

　　A short time ago economists divided goods into two categories， free and

　　economic. The former， like air and water， were in __9__ abundance that

　　economists had no concern for them. After all， economics is the __10__ of

　　scarcity and what to do about it. Today many of these "free goods" are __11__

　　very expensive to use. Pollution has made clean air and water expensive for

　　producers extra costs， and __12__ taxpayers who pay for the governments

　　involvement in cleaning the environment.

　　In the 1990s， almost all goods are __13__. Only by effort and money __14__

　　obtained in the form people wish.

　　Meeting needs of people and the demands from resource available __15__ the

　　basic activity of production. In trying to meet unlimited wants from limited

　　economic goods， production leads to new problems in economics.

　　EXERCISE:

　　1. A) limited B) unlimited C) scarcity D) abundant

　　2. A) want B) problem C) wants D) resources

　　3. A) those B) some C) others D) many

　　4. A) them B) themselves C) ourselves D) ours

　　5. A) expand B) extends C) grows D) increase

　　6. A) always B) sometimes C) often D) never

　　7. A) management B) function C) board D) group

　　8. A) people B) economists C ) way D) methods

　　9. A) so B) great C) such D) such an

　　10. A) form B) study C) means D) source

　　11. A) practically B) in practice C)in reality D) practicably

　　12. A) the B) / C) for D) with

　　13. A) plentiful B) scarce C) abundant D) in full supply

　　14. A) they can be B) can they be C) they must be D) must they be

　　15. A) are led to B) leads C) lead to D) leads to