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Chapter 23

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Definition
PRIVATE GOOD   Goods that, when consumed by one individual, cannot be consumed by another.  
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PUBLIC GOOD   Goods that can be consumed by one person without preventing the consumption of the good by another.  
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EXTERNALITY   The unintended side effect of an action.  
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MONOPOLY   A sole provider of a good or service.  
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ANTITRUST LAW   Laws to control monopoly power and to preserve and promote competition.  
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MERGER   A combination of two or more companies to form a single business.  
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NATURAL MONOPOLY   A market sutuation in which the costs of production are minimized, or lessened by having a single firm produce the product.  
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RECALL   A company pulls a product off the market or agrees to change it to make it safe.  
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REAL GDP   Shows an economy's production after the distortions of price increases have been removed.  
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BUSINESS CYCLE   Alternating periods of growth and decline that the economy goes through.  
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CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE   All civilians 16 years old or older who are either working or are looking for work.  
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UNEMPLOYMENT RATE   The percentage of people in the civilian labor force whos are not working but are looking for jobs.  
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FISCAL POLICY   The federal government's use of spending and taxation policies to affect overall business activity.  
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INFLATION   Sustained increase in the general level of prices.  
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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX(CPI)   Measure of change in price over time of specific group of goods and services.  
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FOOD STAMPS   Government coupons that can be used to purchase food.  
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WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)   A program that provide help for nutrition and health care to low-income women, infants, and children up to age.  
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WORKFARE   A term used to describe programs that require welfare recipients to exchange some of their labor in exchange for benefits.  
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PROGRESSIVE INCOME TAX   Means that the tax rate is lower at lower incomes and higher for higher incomes.  
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EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT (EITC)   Gives tax credits and even cash payments to qualified workers.  
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