The economy is a social science that is concerned with making decisions on how to distribute the available factors of production in order to generate the goods and services that society continually requires. The two great difficulties it faces are: how to optimally distribute the factors of production in conditions of scarcity and how to satisfy the economic needs that exceed the productive capacity of society. In short, how societies use their scarce resources (factors of production) to satisfy the unlimited needs of the population. Economic science is subdivided into: Microeconomics, in general terms, is the study of the economic behavior of particular and individual markets in the coordination of the options they choose about economic decisions of daily life. Macroeconomics, in general terms, is the study of the general economic behavior of the country; the rise and fall of economic activity in the level of production, employment and income; the analysis of economic fluctuations related to the growth trend in the short and long term of the country's economy. 1. Based on the above, examine the following expression and analyze it o Economics is a challenging discipline, but it is also exciting and rewarding. 2. In the analysis you must: o Explain, in your own words and with examples, what the difference is between microeconomics and macroeconomics. o Compare economics with other disciplines, such as accounting, marketing and finance, and differentiate them. o Describe characteristics are the uses of the economy and how this can explain everyday situations of the markets.