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Economic Systems
Economic Systems of Europe
Term | Definition |
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Three Questions in Economics | What to Produce How to Produce it For Whom to Produce |
Economics | The social science of the production, the distribution, and consumption of goods |
Bartering | Exchanging one good or service for another good or service |
Capitalism | citizens control production and profits (free enterprise or market) |
Supply | how much is available |
Demand | how much people want |
Command Economy | controlled by the government |
Traditional Economy | based on traditions and culture |
Market Economy | citizens control production and profits |
# of Countries that have a pure market economy | 0 |
Mixed Economy | Partly controlled by government partly controlled by citizens example: Germany |
GDP | value of all the goods and services produced in a country in a year |
Standard of Living | how well people live based on public services, education, healthcare, and jobs |
Literary Rate | percentage of people that can read and write |
Specialization | making a living by doing what a person does best |
Currency | Money |
Exchange Rate | How much one country's currency is worth in another country |
Human Capital | A supply of people that can produce goods or services |
Capital Goods | Items people need to perform their jobs |
Natural Resources | Items that from the world around us that we use for our own reasons |
Entrepreneur | People with new ideas that take a risk to start a business or make a new product |
Tariff | A tax on imported goods |
Quota | A limit on the amount of goods that can be imported |
Embargo | A ban on an imported good |