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EC-907
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Term | Definition |
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capital goods | manufactured or constructed items that are used to produce goods and services |
Central planning | Detailed economics processes and goals developed by government usually associated with communist economics |
Command economy | Detailed process and goals developed by government; usually associated with communist's economics |
Communism | A command economic system in which the government controls the economic system and does not allow private of the means of production and distribution |
Competition | The rivalry between two or more businesses to attract scarce customer dollars |
Consumer goods | tangible items produced for personal use |
Consumers | people who use goods and services to satisfy their wants |
Demand | The quantity of a good or service that buyers are ready to buy at a given price at a particular time |
Distrobution | The process or activity by which income is divided among recourse owners and producers |
Economic recourses | The human and natural recourses and capital goods used to produce goods and services ; also known as factors of production |
Economic system | the organized way in which a country handles its economic decisions and solves its economic problems |
Economic vote | Term used to describe consumer approval of products expressed by the purchase of products |
Financial capital | money needed to operate a business |
Government | A country arrangements for making and enforcing laws |
Human recourses | people who work to produce goods and services |
Human recourses programs | benefits such as free Medicare, education, and financial assistance that are provided by a government |
Industrial Goods | Tangible items that will be consumed by industrial users |
Interdependent | Influencing or relying on one another |
Market economy | An economy system in which the questions of what, how, and for whom products will be produced are answered by individuals and businesses in the marketplace |
Markets | Arrangements for the buying and selling of goods and services |
Means of production | All the resources required in the production of goods and services |
Medium of exchange | something of value that can be used to obtain goods and services; most common form is money |
Mixed economy | an economic system in which elements of market and socialist command economies are combined |
Natural Recourses | Items that are found in nature and use to produce goods and services |
Producers | the people who make or provide goods and services |
Production | the economic process or activity of producing goods and services |
Profit | Monetary reward a business |