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Macro: Unit 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| bar chart | a graph that shows values of a variable(s) with values that run up or across a graph |
| capital | equipment, buildings, and human abilities that are used in producing goods and services |
| capitalism | an economic and political system characterized by a free market in which private individuals and corporations exchange resources between themselves |
| capitalist economy | characterized by the free interaction of buyers in unregulated markets |
| circular flow of economic activity | the combined economic activity in the factor, product, and financial markets; an examination of the flow of income, expenditures, and goods and services between sectors of the economy |
| command economy | an economic system that uses central government planners to determine the production and distribution of goods and services. |
| dependent variable | changes in response to changes in the independent variable |
| economic growth | increase in total output over time |
| economic system | a collection of institutions that are used to determine the production and distribution of goods and services |
| economics | a social science concerned with the study of human behavior constrained by scarcity |
| efficiency | a condition in which a reallocation of resources among producers will not lead to an increase in their combined output; no resources are being wasted. |
| entrepreneurship | the ability to create new ways of combining the factors of production to create new products or produce old products more efficiently. |
| equation | a mathematical formula relating the relationship between two or more variables |
| factor market | a market in which resources and semi |
| factors of production | something used in creating a good or a service, including land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship. |
| free enterprise | an economic system in which buyers and sellers freely decide what to trade and with whom to trade |
| free good | a good people want that is not scarce; people can obtain it at no cost |
| full employment | level of employment at which cyclical unemployment does not exist |
| good | object that satisfies a want |
| graph | data expresses in a visual manner, usually on a grid that measures numerical data |
| growth | increases in quantity and quality of goods and services produced by an economy. Alternatively, an increase in the standard of living of a country |
| human capital | intangible types of capital possessed by people, such as knowledge and skill |
| independent variable | a variable that causes a dependent variable to change |
| inflation | general increase in prices over time, during which many prices in the economy rise |
| inputs | resources or factors of production used to make goods and services, categorized as land, labor, capital, (and entrepreneurship) |
| intercept | point where a line or curve touches an axis |
| interest | payment received by capital owners in a factor market |
| invisible hand | term used by Adam Smith in The Wealth of Nations to describe the forces in a market economy that harness self |
| labor | human physical and mental effort that is used in producing goods and services |
| laissez-fiaire | a French term meaning “allow you to do” or “let them be.” A government that follows these policies will do little or nothing to regulate the economy |
| land | natural resources that are used in producing goods and services |
| line graph | graph that shows values of two related variables at one time |
| macroeconomics | subfield of economics; the study of the collective behavior of a society of individuals constrained by scarcity |
| macroeconomist | one who practices macroeconomics |
| market | place where buyers and sellers exchange goods or services for a price on which they agree. The exchange may be concentrated in one location or spread over many places |
| market system | an economic system that uses markets and prices to determine the production and distribution of goods and services |
| microeconomics | subfield of economics; the study of individual human behavior constrained by scarcity |
| microeconomist | one who practices microeconomics |
| mixed economy | an economic system that combines elements of two or all three types of economic systems. |
| negative slope | a line in which a positive change on the horizontal axis is associated with a negative change on the vertical axis, and a negative change on the horizontal axis is associated with a positive change on the vertical axis |
| physical capital | tangible types of capital, such as machinery and buildings |
| positive slope | a line in which a positive change on the horizontal axis is associated with a positive change on the vertical axis, and a negative change on the horizontal axis is associated with the negative change on the vertical axis |
| price | the terms of trade established in a market when buyers trade money to sellers in exchange for goods and services |
| product market | a market in which finished goods and services are exchanged |
| productivity | the amount of output that a given unit of input can produce. |
| profit | the total revenue earned from sales of products minus the total cost of the resources used. |
| pure market economy | an economic system in which resources are privately owned and economic activity is unregulated by the government |
| recession | a contraction of the economy characterized by declines in the total output of the economy for six or more consecutive months. More technically, a decrease in total output over two consecutive quarters |
| rent | the payment received by land owners in a factor market |
| rent control law | law that prevents apartment rental rates from rising above a predetermined level |
| resource | goods are produced using resources: land, labor, capital, and for some economists entrepreneurship |
| resource market | where resources and semi |
| scarcity | situation in which there are not enough resources to satisfy everyone’s needs |
| self-interest | wants and desires, which may include the well being of others |
| service | activity that satisfies a want |
| slope | rise over run |
| Smith, Adam | (1723-1790) An early, influential, Scottish economist who wrote “The Wealth of Nations” in 1776 which explained the ability of markets to coordinate economic activity |
| standard of living | loose analysis of how “well off” the members of the economy are, measured by the amount of goods and services an individual can purchase with a given level of income |
| total cost | total amount of money paid for resources used in production |
| total output | the total production of goods and services usually measured by adding up the prices of all the goods and services produced in an economy in one year |
| total revenue | total amount of money earned by the sale of products |
| traditional economy | economic system that uses customs and religious practices of its ancestors to determine the production and distribution of goods and services |
| transitional economy | economic system that is transforming from one economic system to another |
| unregulated market | market I which the government does not intervene in buyers’ and sellers’ decisions |
| value | importance of a good, service, or resource as measured by the intensity with which people desire it |
| wage | payment received by labor providers in a factor market |
| want | desire that can be filled by a good or service |
| The Wealth of Nations | book written by Adam smith in 1776. In it, Smith explained the functioning of markets and put forth the claim that the market economy is the best way to structure an economy |
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