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Chapter 18
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Need | Requirements for survival, such as food, clothing, and shelter. |
| Want | A thing we would like to have, such as entertainment, vacations, or an item that makes life comfortable and enjoyable. |
| Economics | The study oh how individuals and nations make choices about ways to use scare resources to fulfill their needs 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 Model | Simplified representation of the real world that economics develop to describe how the economy behaves and is expected to perform in the future. |
| Economic System | Nation's way of producing things it's people want and need. |
| Resource | The money, people, and materials, available to accomplish a community's goals. |
| Scarcity | Not having enough resources to produce all of the things we would like to have. |
| Trade-off | The alternative you face if decide to do one thing rather than another. |
| Opportunity 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 an action. |
| Marginal Benefit | The additional or extra benefit cost associated with an action. |
| Cost-Benefit Analysis | Economic model that compares the marginal costs and marginal benefits of a decision. |