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chapter 19
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| goods | tangible products that we use to satisfy our wants and needs |
| services | work performed by a person for someone else |
| factors of production | resources necessary to produce goods and services |
| natural resources | gifts of nature that make production possible |
| labor | human effort directed towards producing goods and services |
| capital | previously manufactured goods used to make other goods and services |
| entrepreneur | individual who starts a new business introduces a new product and improves a management technique |
| gross domestic product (GDP) | total dollar value of all final goods and services produced in a country during a single year |
| standard of living | the material well being of an individual group or nation measured by how well their necessities and luxuries are satisfied |
| market | free and willing exchange of goods and services between buyers and sellers |
| factor market | a market where productive resources are bought and sold |
| product market | a market where producers offer goods and services for sale |
| productivity | the degree to which resources are being used efficiently to produce goods and services |
| specialization | when people businesses regions and or nations concentrate on goods and services that they can produce better than anyone else |
| division of labor | the breaking down of a job into separate smaller tasks to be preformed individualy |
| economic interdependence | a reliance on others as they rely on you to provide goods and services to be consumed |
| capitalism | a system in which private citizens own most if not all of the means of production and decide how to use them within legislated limits |
| free enterprise | economic system in which individuals and businesses are allowed to compete for profit with a minimum of government interfearance |
| consumer sovereignty | the role of consumer as ruler of the market determining what products will be produced |
| private property rights | the freedom to own and use our own property as we choose as long as we do not interfere with the rights of others |
| competition | the struggle that goes on between buyers and sellers to get the best products at the lowest price |
| profit | the money a business receives for its products and services over and above its costs |
| profit motive | the driving force that encourages individuals and oganisations to improve their matereal well being |
| voluntary exchange | the act of buyers and sellers freely and willingly engaging in market transactions |
| laissez-faire economics | economic system where government should not interfere in the market |