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A subsidy is a government payment designed to increase supply and thus reduce the costs of production of goods and services. They are commonly used to right market failure.

Expansionary fiscal policy is the increase of government expenditure and/or the reduction of taxation. Government expenditure is an injection into the circular flow of income, whereas taxation is a leakag...

(Apologies for the formatting. If you're interested I am happy to send you a pdf version of this plan)This is a classic A level economics question where the overall answer structure is applicable to any “...

So this may seem a bit odd at first - like why is it the the more of something there is, the less it costs to buy? But it actually makes a lot of sense when we break down the law of demand. The law of dem...

Large number of firms and consumersEach firm is a price-taker and hence has no price setting powerThe price is determined in the market by supply and demandProducts are homogenous and are therefore perfec...