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Economy Systems
Term | Definition |
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Economy | the social science that deals with the production, distribution and consumption of good and services |
Bartering | Exchanging/Trading one good or services for another |
3 questions awnsered | What to, how to, and for whom to produce are the questions answered by the economy |
Traditional Economy | Based on cultures and rituals (University Now) Based on customs and traditions (Foldable) |
Command Economy | Government decides what goods are made and how they will be made (Example: North Korea) |
Market Economy | Economic System based on free trade and competition. |
Supply | How much a people have / how much is available |
Demand | What or how much a person wants. |
Mixed Economy | Combination of government and privately owned businesses |
Specialization | A person makes a living by doing what he or she is good at. |
Natural Resources | Items that come from the world around us that we use for our own purposes |
Human Capital | A supply of people who produce goods and services. |
Capital Goods | Items people need to preform their jobs. |
Entrepreneur | People with new ideas that are willing to take a risk to start a business or make a product. |
Literacy Rate | The percentage of people in a country who can read and write |
Standard Of Living | Level of comfort of everyday life |
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Per Capital | The average annual income of a nation's citizens. |
Tariff | A taxed placed on imported goods. (goods brought in from another country) |
Quotas | A number limit on how many items of particular product can imported from a particular country. |
Embargoes | Bans on trading with another country for political reasons. Forbids trade. |
Currency | Money of a country. example: Europe-Euros, U.K-Pounds |
Currency Exchange | Converting one nation's money into an equal value of another nation's money |