25 Examples of Economic Goods

On economy, is named enconimics goods or scarce goods to a certain kind of goods (that is, certain types of material and immaterial elements that allow direct or indirect satisfaction of human needs) that are obtained through through economic transactions, paying a price for them in a specific market, since they have an economic value expressible in terms monetary. For example: tables, chairs, grounds, pipes.

In this way they differ from free goods, which have no owner and no market price. On the contrary, economic goods exist in limited quantities (hence they are also called “scarce”, that is, finite), and are allocated through some type of economic operation, such as distribution or distribution. sale.

Furthermore, economic goods can be goods or services; so that when we go to the store and buy a notebook, or when we call to sign up for a subscription television service, we are in both cases acquiring cheap goods.

What types of economic goods are there?

Whether it is goods or services per se

, economic goods can be classified according to very different criteria, among which the following stand out:

According to its portability or mobility. Depending on whether the goods can be moved or not, a distinction is made between:

Examples of economic goods

The following are examples of common economic goods:

Examples of Movable Property:

1. Computers and office appliances such as printers, faxes, scanners, etc.
2. Books, magazines and encyclopedias.
3. Tables, chairs, armchairs, sofas and beds.
4. Paintings, sculptures and works of art.
5. Plates, cutlery, glasses and tablecloths.
6. Clothing, footwear and coats.
7. Air conditioners, heaters and fans.
8. TVs, microwaves, refrigerators, washing machines and other appliances.
9. Hair dryers, irons, electric brushes.
10. Flashlights, screwdrivers, hammers and other tools.
11. Video game consoles.
12. Automobiles, motorcycles and other motor vehicles.
13. Bicycles, skateboards and toys of all kinds.
14. Production machinery and its spare parts.

Examples of real estate:

1. Apartments, houses and other types of housing.
2. Offices, buildings, commercial premises and multipurpose rooms.
3. Land and horizontal properties.
4. Gardens, plantations, farms and pastures.
5. Pipes, taps and bathroom elements.
6. Factories, production facilities or assembly plants.
7. Mines, quarries, plazas, dams, electricity generating plants.
8. Viaducts, tunnels, roads, highways, bridges.
9. Administrative concessions and real rights over real estate.

References:

• “Inexpensive good” in Wikipedia.
• “Introduction to development planning” by Ricardo Cibotti and Pedro Paz in the Latin American Institute for Economic and Social Planning.
• “Economic goods” in ABC (Paraguayan).

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