Economics analyzes how societies provide for their well-being, and examines the choices and tradeoffs that are made in the face of limited resources. It studies the competition and cooperation that arises among individuals, private organizations, and governments in the process of allocating scarce resources to a variety of different uses in society.
经济学分析社会如何造就他们的福祉，并分析在有限的资源面前做出的选择和权衡。它研究稀缺资源在社会中起不同用途的过程中的发生在个人，私人组织和政府之间的竞争与合作。