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Economics
basic economic terms/definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| capital goods | the factories, machines, and technology that people use to make products to sell |
| command economy | an economy in which a government planning group makes most of the basic economic decisions for the workers |
| currency | something that is used as a medium of exchange; money |
| embargo | a trade barrier in which one country announces that it will no longer trade with another country in order to isolate and cause problems with that country's economy |
| entrepreneur | creative, original thinkers who are willing to take risks to create new businesses and products |
| exchange rate | a system of changing from one type of currency to another |
| gross domestic product (gdp) | the value of all the final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year |
| human capital | the knowledge and skills that make it possible for workers to earn a living producing goods or services |
| invest | to put money to use in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation of value |
| literacy | the ability to read and write |
| market economy | an economy in which a society's economic decisions are made by individuals who decide what to produce and what to buy |
| mixed economy | an economy that has characteristics of both market and command economic systems |
| natural resources | something that is in or supplied by our natural environment and can be consumed or used by people |
| quota | a way of limiting the amount of foreign goods that can come into a country |
| specialization | those products a country makes best and that are in demand on the world market |
| tariff | a tax placed on goods when they are brought into one country from another country |
| trade barriers | anything that slows down or prevents one country from exchanging goods with another |