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Free Enterprise

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Economics   The study of how individuals, families, businesses, and societies use resources to fulfill thier wants and needs.  
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Unemployment   Must be looking for a job  
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Structural Unemployment   Caused by changes in the economy, such as technological advances or discoveries of natural resources  
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Cyclical Unemployment   Unemployment associated with up or down fluctuations in the business cycle.  
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Seasonal Unemployment   Unemployment caused by changes in the season or weather  
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Producer   Creates goods/provides services  
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Consumer   Buy/Uses Goods and Services  
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Entrepreneur   someone willing to take risks in business and fail  
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Resource   Something required for production  
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Opportunity cost   value of the next best alternative given up for the alternative that was chosen  
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Distribution   moving goods from where they are produced to people that will buy them  
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Economic System   A way of using services to satisfy peoples wants and needs  
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Wealth of Nations   An Inquiry into the nature and causes of the Wealth of Nations  
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Costs of Production   Cost to produce a good/service  
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Command Economy   government leaders make all decisions, people make no choices  
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Market Economy   People make all decisions and are in control (Capatilsim) Opposite of Command  
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Developing Economy   economy of 3rd World Countries, or those economies that are trying to develop  
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Socialism   Goverment owns all means of production, Gov controls Resoruces  
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Communism   No entrepreneurship, large gap in rich and poor, everyone owns everything, work to your full ability, receive according to your needs  
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Communist Manifesto   By Karl Marx, Founding principles of Communism  
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Underground Market   Transactions made by people who do not respect state and federal laws, and do not report earnings  
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Capitalism   Where individuals own factors of produciton  
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Capital goods   Used to make a product or provide a service  
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Conssumer goods   goods are services made to be used  
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Profit Motive   Motive to produce a good/service ($$)  
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When does a bicycle become a consumer good   when it is used to produce a good  
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What is the role of competition in the free enterprise system   to regulate price and quality  
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Generic Products   Are not name brand, are not advertised, are usually cheaper  
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Demand   The amount of goods and servieces that a consumer is willing and able to buy  
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Supply   Willingness and ability of producers to provide goods and services at various prices  
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Profit   Money left after costs of production have been met  
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Law of Demand   As price goes up, qunatity demanded goes down, If price goes down, quantity goes up  
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Law of Supply   as the price rises for a good, the quantity supplied goes up, as the price falls, the quantity produced decreases  
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How does supply and demand determin the best price for an item   they create an equilibrium price, (changes per purchase)  
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Fixed costs   Price for products is always the same  
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Variable Costs   Constant change in relation to a business  
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Total Costs   all the costs, made of fixed and variable costs  
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Average Costs   equal to total costs divided by the number of goods produced  
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Marginal costs   change in total cost when one more additional unit is produced  
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Monopoly   One Company controls production and sales completely of a product  
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Advertising   Used to sell the product, associates it with superiority, happiness, or acceptance  
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Natural Monopoly   A monopoly formed because of natural causes ex. a general store in a tiny town in the middle of nowhere would have a monopoly of all goods in that town.  
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Pure Monopoly   Meets the requirments of a single seller, no entry  
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Government Monopoly   Monopoly created by the government  
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Technological Monopoly   If you invent something, you own the rights, and therefor can have a monopoly of it  
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Collusion   Companies work together to decide prices of products and determine plans for the future  
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Laissez-faire   Where the government does not interfere with the economy  
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Federal Trade Commision   Protects from monopolies, price fixing, false advertising, and other illegal business practices  
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Monopolistic Competition   large number of sellers offer similar but slightly different products  
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Boycott   where consumers refuse to support a good for various reasons  
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Lockout   when the management or owners of a business prevent workers form working until they agree to conditions or contracts  
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Strike   mass refusal by employees to perform work for a corporation or public institution  
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Open Shop   A business/factory where no union members are allowed  
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Closed Shop   A business/factory where only union members are allowed  
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Right-To-Work   State laws forbidding unions from forcing workers to join, and/or pay union dues  
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Binding Arbitration   If the union and company hire an aribtrator, they follow the orders of the arbitrator  
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Salary   Yearly Pay  
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Wage   Hourly or Monthly Pay  
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Profit Sharing   Incentive plans introduced by businesses that provide direct or indirect payments to employees that depend on the companies profitability and the employees regular salary and bonuses  
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Purpose of Unions   To protect the rights of Workers  
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Apprenticeship   System of training a new generation of skilled crafters  
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Social Security   Social welfare service concerned with social protection  
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Medicare   A social insurance program administered by the US providing health care to people 65 and older or meet a criteria  
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Income Tax   Tax on ALL income  
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Income tax day   Federal - April 15 State - May 15  
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Office Management and Budget   Executive agency that advises the president on the federal budget, keeps track of income and expenses for the nation  
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Federal Budget   Budget for the federal government, is forcasted on Oct 1st - Sept 30th  
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"buying on the margin"   Risky technique involving the purchase of securities with borrowed money and with the shares as collateral  
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PAC   Political Act Commitee, try to influence senators and congressmen  
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Progressive Tax   Where people with higher income pay a higher percent of income tax than those with a lower income  
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Regressive Tax   Where people with higher income pay a lower percent of income tax than those with a higher income  
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PIN   Personal Identification Number, password at ATMs  
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ATM   Automated Teller Machine, allows customers to perform basic banking activities  
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Alexander Hamilton   Started the National Bank, Is on the 10$ bill, was the first Treasurer  
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Federal Reserve   the central banking system of the US composed of the Board of Governers, the Federal Open Market Commitee, and Regional Federal Reserve Banks  
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FDIC   Federal Depossit and Insurance corporation, insures deposits up to 100,000$  
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Collateral   Property accepted as security for a loan or other obligation  
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Mortgage   a temporary pledge of property to a creditor as security for the repayment of debt  
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Interest   A charge on a loan  
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Installments   The periodic payments you pay on a loan  
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Principal   Amount borrowed  
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Bankruptcy   When a debtor is unable to meet his debts or discharge his liabilities  
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4 C's of credit rating   Collateral, Capacity to Pay, Character, Credit  
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How would the closing of the only factory in town change credit supply?   (blank)  
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If people save more, how will that change government spending?   (blank)  
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How are sales of consumer goods, affected by people putting money into savings accounts?   (blank)  
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Interest rates   percent sum of money charged for its use  
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Inflation   the persistent decline in the purchasing power of money caused by the increase in the available money beyond proportion of available goods and services  
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GDP   Gross Domestic Product - all production of a nation  
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GNP   Gross National Product - All production of home based companies  
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Stock Market   Where you can buy/sell stock in a company, along with bonds  
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Port of Shreveport   brings in raw materials  
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Red River   Wants to be family orientated, its not  
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Louisiana Boardwalk   Outlet mall, brings in people  
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What role does Louisiana play in the US economy?   (blank)  
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How will your career choice affect the US economy?   (blank)  
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How does the supply of oil affect production in the US?   (blank)  
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Applying for a job   dress appropriately, know how much you want to make, have a list of jobs before, resume  
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Warranties   a gaurantee from the company that the product is free of defect and will be replaced under certain circumstances  
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Employee Rights   Right to join a labour union, right to collective bargaining, fair working hours, and pay, safety and compensation, no discrimination  
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Contract Obligations   obligated to follow what is sated in the contract  
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Tax Reform   the process of changing the way taxes are collected or managed by the government  
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Checking Accounts   a bank account in which checks may be written appropriate to amounts in deposit  
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Know how to fill out a check   (blank)  
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Know how to fill out a ledger   (blank)  
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Credit Cards   A card issued by a bank/business authorizing to buy goods/services  
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Passport   an official document that certifies ones identity and citizen ship, and allows you to travel abroad  
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Foreign Currency   money from a foreign country  
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Personal Budget   a finance plan that allocates future personal income toward expenses, savings, and debt repayment  
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Market Structure   Describes the state of a market with respect to comptition  
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Market Exchanges   when you buy/sell stock in a market  
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Market Economist   believes market should decide everything  
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Democratic Socialism   Advocates socialism as a basis for the economy and democracy as a governing principle  
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Proletariat   The working class  
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Elastic Effect   the rise and fall in a products price greatly affects demand  
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Subsitution Effect   if two items satisfy the same need and the price of one rises, people will buy the one that is less expensive  
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Competetive Advertising   When people advertise competetively  
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Clayton Antitrust Act   prevents anticompetetive practices in companies, monopolies, and unfair business practicess  
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Oligopoly   Where a market is dominated by a small number of sellers, or oligopolists  
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Injunction   an equitable remedy in the form of a court order where a party is required to do, or prevented from doing certain acts  
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Commercial Bank   bank that deals with loans and deposits for large corporations or businesses  
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Credit Union   a union where the members are the owner, and typically gives higher interest on savings, and lower interests on loans  
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How does scarcity of raw materials affect production?   (blank)  
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How does the economy of one country affect another?   (blank)  
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Should there be a different minimum wage for teens and adults?   (blank)  
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