The total revenue of a firm less its
economiccosts (which includes both explicit costs
and implicit costs); also called above normal profit.
(1) An outward shift in the production
possibilitiescurve that results from an increase in
resource supplies or quality or an improvement in
technology; (2) an increase either in real output
(gross domestic product) or in real output per capita.
Iqtisodiy
Choices are necessary because society’s
material wants for goods and services are unlimited
but theresources available to satisfy these wants are
limited (scarce).