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Chapter 1
Chapter 1 Correy Bowers
Term | Definition |
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Needs | Things required in order to live |
Wants | Things that add comfort and pleasure to your life |
Goods | Things that you can see and touch |
Services | Activities that are consumed the same time they are produced |
Economic Resources | The means through which goods and services are produced |
Natural Resources | Raw material supplied by nature |
Human Resources | People who produce goods and services |
Entrepreneur | Is a risk taker who uses resources in new and creative ways to create a new product or service |
Capital Resources | The products and money used in the production of goods and services |
The Basic Economic Problem | The mismatch of unlimited wants and needs and limited economic resources |
Scarcity | To not have enough resources to satisfy every need |
Economic Decision-Making | The process of choosing which wants, among several options, will be satisfied |
Trade-Off | To give up something to have something else |
Opportunity Costs | The value of the next best alternative that you did not choose |
Economic System | A nation's plan for answering three economic questions |
Command Economy | The resources are owned and controlled by the government |
Market Economy | The resources are owned and controlled by the people of the country |
Traditional Economy | Goods and services are produced the way it has always been done |
Mixed Economy | Combines elements of the command and market economics |
Capitalism | Refers to the private ownership of resources by individuals |
Private Property | The right to own, use, or dispose of things of value |
Freedom Of Choice | You can make decisions independently and must accept the consequences of those decisions |
Profit | The money left from sales after all of the costs of operating a business have been paid |
Competition | The rivalry among businesses to sell their goods |
Consumer | A person who buys and uses goods or services |
Producer | Individuals and organizations that determine what products and services will be available for sale |
Demand | The quantity of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to buy |
Supply | The quantity of a good or service that business are willing and able to supply |
Demand And Curve | Illustrates the relationship between the price of a product and the quantity demand by consumers |
Supply Curve | Illustrates the relationship between the price of the product and the quantity business will supply |
Competitors | Business offering very simple products to the same customers |
Market Place | The point where supply and demand are equal |