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The Market Forces of Demand and Supply
Principles of Economics
CHAPTER 4 THE MARKET FORCES OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND
Markets Buyers determine demand.
Sellers determine supply.
Demand Demand comes from the behavior of buyers. The quantity demanded of any good is the amount of the good that buyers are willing and able to purchase. Law of demand: the claim that the quantity demanded of a good falls when the price of the good rises, other things equal The Law of demand states that there is an inverse relationship between price and quantity demanded.