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Partners and trade
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Trade | The exchange of something of value |
| Specialization | The concetration of production on fewer kinds of goods and services than are consumed. |
| Interdependance | Reliance on others to satisfy wants. |
| Production | The act of combining natural resources, human resources, capital goods and entrepreneurship to make goods and services |
| Consumption | The purchase or use of goods and services |
| goods | objects that are capable of satisfying peoples's wants |
| services | Action that are capable of satisfying people's wants |
| market | The interaction of buyers and sellers exchanging goods and services |
| market clearing price for goods | the one price at witch quantity supplied equals quantity demand (also refferd to as the equilibrium price) |
| oppertunity cost | the value of the next best alternitive given up when a choice is made |
| supply | the quantities of a good or service thatproducers are willing and able to provide at various prices during a given time period |
| demand | the quantities of a good or service that producers are willing and able to provide at varius prices during a given time period |