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One of the fundamental approaches to
economics, which examines and compares the
supply of a good with its demand (usually in
the form of a graph of supply and demand
curves plotted against price). For a typical
good, the supply curve is upward sloping (the
higher the price, the more the manufacturer
is willing to sell), while the demand curve
is downward-sloping (the cheaper the good,
the more demand there is for it). The point
where the curves intersect is the equilibrium
at which supply equals demand.