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Supply and Demand
The law of supply and demand determines what is produced in a free mkt. economy
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Economists | The people who study economics |
| Opportunity Cost | The opportunity that one gives up to do other things. |
| Economics | The study of how societies produce and distribute goods and services. |
| Consumers | The people who buy goods and services to satisfy their wants and needs. |
| Demand | How much of a good or services people are willing and able to buy at a particular price. |
| Law of Demand | As the price of a good or services increases the demand for the good or services decreases. |
| Law of Supply | As the price of any good or service increases, the supply increases. As the price of any good or service decreases the supply decreases. |
| Suppliers | The people that make a good or a service available. |