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Economic Systems
Economic Systems of Europe
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |