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chap 13
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| economics | the study of how people and busnisses with limited liability make dicisions |
| factors of production | elements necessary to produce goods and services |
| land | provided by nature,rent |
| labour | provided by people,wages |
| capital | provided by man-made objects,intrest |
| enterprise | bringing the four factors together,profit |
| economic system | the way a country uses its factors of production to produce goods and services |
| centrally planned economy | publicly owned and the government make all decisions..eg,china |
| free enterprise economy | privately owned and the government have no role..eg.U.S.A |
| mixed economy | privately owned and controlled by the government..eg,ireland |
| economic growth | refers to the change in the quantity of goods and services produced in a country from one year to the next |
| inflation | an increase in prices in a country from one period to the next..CPI |
| CPI | consumer price index |
| recession | a general slowdown in the economic activity over a period of time |