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Economist


Primary focus

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Economics, while considered a social science, differs in that it is a predictive science concerned chiefly with the analysis of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.


economics is concerned with efficiencies

Economists' primary focus is to help society make efficient decisions about resource (land, labor, and capital) allocation, in a least cost manner.