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CHAPTER 19

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Term
Definition
GOODS   Tangible products that we use to satify our want and needs.  
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SERVICES   Work performed for someone else.  
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FACTORS OF PRODUCTION   Resources necessary to produce goods and services.  
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NATURAL RESOURCES   Refers to all the "gifts of nature" that make production possible.  
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LABOR   Its human resouces.  
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CAPITAL   The manufactured goods used to make other goods and services.  
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ENTREPRENEUR   The fourth factor of production.  
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GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP   Todal dollar value of all final goods and services produced in a country during a single year.  
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STANDARD OF LIVING   The quality of life based on the possession of necessities and luxuries that make life easier.  
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MARKET   Free and willing exchange of goods and services between buyers and sellers.  
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FACTOR MARKET   The markets where productive resources are bought and sold.  
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PRODUCT MARKET   Markets where producers offer goods and services for sale.  
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PRODUCTIVITY   A measure of the amount of output produced by a given level of inputs in specific period of time.  
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SPECIALIZATION   When people, businesses, regions, or even countries concentrate on goods or services that they can produce better than anyone else.  
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DIVISION OF LABOR   Breaking down a job into small tasks performed by different workers.  
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ECONOMIC INTERDEPENDENCE   A reliance on other, as they rely on you, to provide goods and services to be consumed.  
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CAPITALISM   An economic system in which private citizens own and use the factors of production in order to seek a profit.  
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FREE ENTERPRISE   Another term to describe the American economy.  
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CONSUMER SOVEREIGNTY   To describe the consumer as the "king", or ruler, of the market, the one who determines what products will be produced.  
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PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS   These rights mean that we have the freedom to own and use, or dispose of, or throw away, out own property as we choose as long as we do not interfere with the rights of others.  
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COMPETITION   The struggle between buyers and sellers to get the best products at the lowest prices.  
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PROFIT   The amount of money left over after all the costs of production have been paid.  
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PROFIT MOTIVE   The driving force that encourages individuals and organizations to improve their material well-being.  
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VOLUNTARY EXCHANGE   The act of buyers and sellers freely and willingly engaging in market transactions.  
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LAISSEZ-FAIRE ECONOMICS   A French term, means "to let alone".  
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