Irritable means easy to irritate or bother.. If you have irritable skin, you get a rash from just about anything. An irritable person is not easy-going and often not very easy to be around. You might feel like you're walking on eggshells, or being extra careful not to upset your brother when he's in an irritable mood.
The economic problem. All societies face the economic problem, which is the problem of how to make the best use of limited, or scarce, resources. The economic problem exists because, although the needs and wants of people are endless, the resources available to satisfy needs and wants are limited. Resources are limited in two essential ways:
The Great Philosophers: Karl Marx. Most people agree that we need to improve our economic system somehow. It threatens our planet through excessive consumption, distracts us with irrelevant advertising, leaves people hungry and without healthcare, and fuels unnecessary wars. Yet weâre also often keen to dismiss the ideas of its most famous and ambitious critic, Karl Marx. This isnât very surprising. In practice, his political and economic ideas have been used to design disastrously planned economies and nasty dictatorships.