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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 of individuals and nations make choices about ways to use scarce resources to fulfill their needs and wants. |
| Microeconomics | The economic behavior and decision-making by individuals and small businesses. |
| Macroeconomics | Economic behavior and decision-making by government or whole industries or societies. |
| Economic System | Nations way of producing things its people want and need. |
| Resource | Wealth |
| Sarcity | Not having enough resources to produce all of the things we would like to have. |
| Trade-Off | The alternative you face if you 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 Benefits | The additional or extra benefit associated with an action. |
| Cost-Benefit Analysis | Economic model that compares the marginal costs and marginal benefits of a decision. |
| Economic Model | Simplified representation of the real world and economists develop to describe how the economy behaves and is expected to perform in the future. |