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civics chapter 23
vocab
Term | Definition |
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private good | goods that ,when consumed by one individual, cannot be consumed by another |
public good | economic goods that are consumed collectively, such as highways and national defense |
externality | the unintended side effect of an auction that affects someone not involved in action |
monopoly | when the market creates a sole provider for a good or service |
antitrust law | legislation to prevent new monopolies from forming and police those that already exist |
merger | a combination of two or more companies to form a single business |
natural monopoly | a market situation in which the cost of production are minimized by having a single firm produce the product |
recall | situation in which a company pulls a product off the market or agrees to change it to make it safe |
real GDP | GDP after adjustments for inflation |
business cycle | alternating periods of growth and decline that the economy goes though |
civilian labor force | all civilian 16 years old or older who either working or are looking for work |
unemployment rate | the percentage of people in the civilian labor force who not working but are looking for jobs |
fiscal policy | the federal government's use of spending and taxation policies to affect overall business activity |
inflation | sustained increase in the general level of prices |
consumer price index | measure of change in price over time of specific group of goods and sevices |
food stamps | government coupons that can be used to purchase food |
woman,infants,and children | a program the provides help for nutrition and health care to low-income women,infants,and children up to age 5 |
workfare | programs that require welfare recipients to exchange some of their labor in return for benefits |
progressive income tax | a tax that takes a larger percentage of higher incomes then lower incomes |
earned income tax credit | a program that gives tax credit and even cash payments to qualified workers |