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Econmoics Final
vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| need | something essential for survival |
| want | something that people desire but that is not necssary for survival |
| goods | the physical objects that someone produces |
| services | the actions that one person performs for another |
| scarcity | the principle that limited smounts of goods and services are avialable to meet unlimited wants |
| economics | the study of how ppl seek to satisfy their needs and wants by making choices |
| shortage | a situation in which consumers want more of a good or service than producers are willing to make available at a particular price |
| entrepreneur | a person who decides how to combine resources to create goods and services |
| land | all natural resources used to produce goods and services |
| labor | the effort people devote to tasks for which they are paid |
| capital | any human made resource that is used to produce other goods and services |
| physical capital | the human made objects used to create other g/s |
| human capital | the knowledge and skills a worker gains through education and experience |
| trade off | the act of giving up one benefit in order to gain another, greater benefit |
| guns or butter | a phrase expressing the idea that a country that decides to produce more military good (guns) has fewer resource to produce consumer good (butter) and vicer versa |
| opportunity cost | the most desirable alternative given up as the result of a decision |
| thinking at the margin | the process of deciding whether to do or use on additional unit of some resource |
| cost/benefit analysis | a decision making process in which you compare what you will sacrifice and gain by a specific action |
| marginal cost | the extra cost of adding one unit |
| marginal benefit | the extra benefit of adding one unit |
| production possibilities curve | a graph that shows alternative ways to use an economy's productive resources |
| production possibilities frontier | a line on a production possibilities curve that shows the maximum possible output an economy can produce |
| efficiency | the use of resources in such a way as to maximize the output of g/s |
| underutilization | the use of fewer resources than an economy is capable of using |
| law of increasing costs | an economic principle which states that as production shifts from making one good or service to another, more and more resources are needed to increase production of the second good or service |
| economic system | the structure of methods and principles that a society uses to produce and distribute g/s |
| factor payment | the income ppl receive in return for supplying factors of production |
| profit | the amt of money a business receives in excess of its expenses |
| safety net | a set of gov't programs that protect ppl who face unfavorable economic conditions |
| standard of living | level of economic prosperity |
| innovation | the process of bringing new methods, products, or ideas into use |
| traditional economy | an economic system that relies on habit, custom, or ritual to decide the three key economic questions |
| market | any arrangement that allows buyers and sellers to exchange things |
| specialization | the concentration of the productive efforts of individuals and businesses on a limited number of activities |
| free market economy | an economic system in which decisions on the three key economic questions are based on voluntary exchange in markets |
| household | a person or group of ppl living in a single residence |
| firm | and organization that uses resources to produce a product or service, which it then sells |
| factor makret | the arena of exchange in which firms purchase the factors of production from households |
| product market | the arena of exchange in which households purchase goods and services from firms |
| self-interest | an individual's own personal gain |
| incentive | the hope of reward or fear of penalty that encourages a person to behave in a cetain way |
| competition | the struggle amoung producers for the dollars of consumers |
| invisible hand | a term coined by Adam Smith to describe the self-regulating nature of the marketplace |
| consumer sovereignty | the power of consumers to decide what gets produced |
| centrally planned economy | an economic systen in which the gov't makes all decisions on the three key economic questions |
| command economy | another name for a centrally planned economy |
| socialism | a range of economic and political systems based on the belief that wealth should be distributed evenly throughout a society |
| communism | a political system in which the gov't owns and controls all resources and means of production and makes all economic decisions |
| authoritatian | describes a form of gov't that limits individual freedoms and requires strict obedience from its citizens |
| laissez faire | the doctrine that gov't generally should not intervene in the marketplace |
| private property | property that is owned by individuals or companies, not by the gov't or the ppl as a whole |
| mixed economy | a market based economic system in which the gov't is involved to some extent |
| economic transition | a period of change in which a nation moves from one economic system to another |
| privatization | the process of selling businesses or services operated by the gov't to individual investors, and then allowing them to compete in the marketplace |
| free enterprise system | an economic ststem characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods |
| profit motive | the inventive that drives indivduals and business owners to improve their material well-being |
| open opportunity | the principle that anyone can compete in the marketplace |
| legal equality | the principle that everyone has the same legal rights |
| private property rights | the principle that pl have the right to control their possessions and use them as they wish |
| free contract | the principle that ppl may decide what agreements they want to enter into |
| voluntary exchange | the principle that ppl may decide what, when, and how they want to buy and sell |
| interest group | a private organization that tries to persuade public officials to act in ways that benefit its members |
| patriotism | love of one's country |
| eminent domain | the right of a gov't to take privat property for public use |
| public interst | the concerns of society as a whole |
| public disclosure laws | laws requiring companies to provide information about their products or services |
| macroeconomics | the study of economic behavior and decision making in a niation's whole economy |
| microeconomics | the study of the economic behavior and decision making in small units such as households and firms |
| gross domestic product | the total value of all final goods and services produced in a country in a given year |
| business cycle | a period of macroeconomic expansion, or growth,followed by one of contraction, or decline |
| referendum | a proposed law submitted directly to the public |
| obsolescence | situation in which older products and processes become out-of-date |
| patent | a gov't license that gives the inventor of a new product the exclusive rt to produce and sell it |
| copyright | a gov't license that grants an author exclusive rts to publish and sell creative works |
| work ethic | a commitment to the value of work |
| public good | a shared good or service for which it would be inefficient or impractical to make consumers pay indiviually and to exclude those who did not pay |
| public sector | the part of the economy that involves the transactions of the gov't |
| private sector | the part of the economy that involves the transactions of indivudals and businesses |
| infrastructure | the basic facilities that are necessary for a society to function and grow |
| free rider | someone who would not be willing to pay for a certain good or service but who would get the benefits of it anyway if it were provieded as a public good |
| market failure | a stiuation in which the free market, operating on its own, does not distribute resources efficiently |
| externality | an economic side effect of a good or service that generates benefits or costs to someone other than the person deciding how much to produce or consume |
| ppverty threshold | an income level below that which is needed to suppor families or households |
| welfare | gov't aid to the poor |
| cash transfers | direct payments of money by the gov't to poor, diabled, or retired ppl |
| in-kind benefits | goods and services provided for free or at greatly reduced prices |
| grant | a financial award given by a gov't agency to a private indivual or group in order to carry out a specific task |
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