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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| need | requirements for survival , such as food,clothing,and shelter |
| want | a thig we would like to have, such as entertainment,vacations,or an item that makes life comfortable and enjoyable |
| economics | the study of how individuals and nations make choices about ways to use scarce resources to fulfill their need and wants. |
| microeconomics | the economic behavior and decision-making by individuals and small business |
| macroeconomics | economic behavior and decision making by government or whole industries or societies |
| economic system | nations way of producing things its people want and need |
| resource | the money,people,and the materials available to accomplish a community goal |
| scarity | not having enough |
| trade-off | the alternative you face if you decide to do one thing rather than another |
| oppurtunity cost | the cost of the next best alternative use of time and money when choosing to do one thing rather than another |
| marginal cost | the additional or extra opportunity cost associated with a action |
| marginal benefit | the additional or extra benefit associated with an action |
| cost-benefit analysis | economic model that compares the marginal cost and marginal benefits of a decision |
| economic model | simplified representation of the real world that economists develop to describe how the economy behaves amd os expected to perform in the future |