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chapter 23
terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| private goods | goods only used by one person |
| public goods | goods that may be used by more than one person |
| externality | unintended side effect of a action that affects someone not involved |
| monopoly | sole provider of goods |
| antitrust laws | laws to control monopoly power |
| MERGER | combo of two or more companies combined |
| natural monopoly | cost of production minimized |
| recall | product taken off marker to make safer |
| real GDP | economic production after distortions of price increase have been removed |
| business cycle | growth and decline of economy |
| civilian labor force | people working |
| unemployment rate | percent of jobless people |
| fiscal policy | change in government spending or tax policies |
| inflation | rise in price |
| consumer price index CPI | popular measure of price |
| food stamps | food for low income houses |
| women infants and children WIC | helps with nutrition and health care to low income women |
| workfare | welfare people exchange some labor in exchange for benefits |
| progressive income tax | tax is lower for poor higher for rich |
| earned income tax credit EITC | gives tax credit and cash to qualified workers |