MBA备考商务英语泛读文选全集(12)
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Goods and Services
A nations resources are used to produce goods and services
that will meet peoples needs and wants. Needs are goods
and services people must have simply to exist. Wants, on
the other hand, are things they would like to have but do
not absolutely need for survival. Such items as food,
clothing, shelter, and medical care are needs; video
recorders, cassettes, fashionable clothes, and luxury
vacations are wants.
A persons wants can be unlimited: as soon as one want is
satisfied, another is created- Even wealthy people tend to
have unlimited wants. Henry Ford was
once asked how much money it would lake before a person
would stop wanting more- He reportedly answered, "Just a
little bit more."
Goods and services produced in the United States-each
product manufactured, each service offered-are designed to
meet needs and satisfy wants of consumers. Businesses start
and operate hoping to produce some item or service that the
public will like well enough or need badly enough to buy.
Considering that people have many needs plus an almost
unlimited list of wants, is it possible to satisfy all of
the populations needs and wants? The answer is no.
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