Category Economy

Mobile shops, like itinerant traders, move from town to town or village to village selling their goods. They have vehicles that they have converted into a shop from which customers can buy their goods. They visit different towns at regular…

Tied shops are a type of small-scale retailer with shops These are shops that mainly sell the products of one particular manufacturer or are owned by a specific supplier of certain goods. The shops are owned or controlled by the…

Open-air market Traders are a type of small-scale retailer without shops  Open-air markets are places set aside by the government through the local authorities where people meet to buy and sell goods.  Traders selling similar commodities are allocated a special…

Itinerant traders are retailers who move from place to place selling their goods either on foot, by bicycles or on motorcycles They move from town to town, door to door and from village to village selling their goods. Their goods…

In traditional communities, people produced various goods and services which they would exchange for other goods and services which they did not have. some communities exchanged salt for food crops while Barter trade refers to the exchange of goods and…

The term characteristics mean features. For a commodity to perform as money it has to have the following characteristics Acceptability of money must be acceptable foot it to be used as a medium of exchange. Portability money should be convenient…

Public finance refers to activities carried out by the government associated with the raising finance and spending the finances so raised Public finance is related to the financing of state activities and a narrow definition of public finance would try…

International trade is simply defined as trade between two countries it is also referred to as foreign trade. International trade is carried out between individuals or governments of different countries e.g. trade between a citizen of Kenya and a citizen…

Trade is the buying and selling of goods and services with the aim of making a profit. Importance of trade: Trade plays a vital role in any economy. The various roles played by trade in the economy include: Trade helps…

Friedman’s restatement of the quantity theory of money and supply of money Milton Friedman with other economists at Chicago developed a subtler and more relevant version of the quantity theory of money in its theoretical form in which the quantity…