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Episode 12: Change in Demand vs Change in Quantity Demanded

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Uploaded by on Jun 22, 2009

There is a subtle but important distinction between a fundamental, underlying change in the demand, and a simple change in quantity demanded.

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  • @mjmfoodie hi, thanks for the wonderful videos :) I have a question though- isn't the demand curve supposed to have the x-axis labelled as 'Quantity' and not 'Quantity Demanded'? I've googled this and a lot of variations come out. I'd greatly appreciate it if this could be explained.

  • @juuunice When I introduce demand, I label the graph "Quantity demanded" to emphasize that relationship from the buyer's perspective; similarly, for supply, I label it "Quantity supplied" to emphasize the price-quantity supplied relationship. But when I put the two together in the complete market diagram, I drop any subscripts, and just use "Q," because whether it's the # of apples someone wants to buy, or the # of apples someone wants to sell, it's still just some number of apples, right?

  • The triangle is the Greek letter delta, the mathematician's shorthand for "change in." So the part you have in parentheses is exactly correct.

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  • @TheGreenieGuru hey,here is exactly explained ur thought, your case is involved in substitute goods,if a decreasing demand for panadol, it will shift to the left,in contrast,an increasing demand for and alternative cheaper product which demand curve will shift to the right.xxxxxx

  • Not necessarily true. I think there are some cases where a products price can change its demand.... For example, if a supermarket decides to increase the price of panadol (a painkiller) there could be a decreasing demand for panadol and an increasing demand for an alternative cheaper product that offers the same benefit such as nurofen. Any thoughts? :)

  • How can anybody dislike these videos???

  • @mitchwhite your dumb

  • Thankx that really helped

  • @mitchwhite higher interest in mortage will of course lower your willingness to buy and vice versa

  • This is a simple concept that I had failed to grasp after several weeks of study. Thank you for making it clear!

  • @mjmfoodie oh... got it. thanks a lot!

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