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Economic System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Economy | the social science that deals with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. |
| Bartering | Exchanging one good or service for another. |
| Capitalism | Economic System in which private business owners control the production of goods and profit. |
| Supply | How much people have or how much is available. |
| Demand | What or how much people want. |
| GDP (Gross Domestic Product) | The value of all of the goods and services produced in a country per year. |
| Standard of Living | How well citizens live based on good public services, education, and healthcare jobs. |
| Literacy Rate | The percentage of people in a country who can read and write. |
| Specialization | Making a living doing what a person does best. |
| Currency | Money. |
| Exchange Rate | How much money is worth in terms of another. |
| Traditional Economy | Bartering, customs, and traditions based on culture and rituals. |
| Command Economy | Government decides what goods are made and how they will be made. |
| Three Questions | What to Produce? How to Produce? For Whom to Produce? |
| How many countries have a pure market economy? | 0 |
| Market Economy | Consumer choices determines how industry and financial markets operate. |
| Mixed Economy | Limited government involvement while applying free market concepts. |
| Capitalism | An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state. |
| Natural Resource | Items that came from the world around us that we use. |