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Government Systems
Economic System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Economics | The social science that deals with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and service. |
| Bartering | Exchanging one good or service for another. |
| What to ---------? How to----------- it? For whom to ----------? | Produce |
| What Economy is it? All members keeps the resources. No one keeps the profit. Only goal is to survive. | Traditional Economy |
| What Economy is it? Government owns the resources. Government keeps the profit. | Command Economy |
| What Economy is it? The people owns the resources The people keeps the profit Doesn't exist anymore | Market Economy |
| Capitalism | Economic system in which private owners control the production of goods and profit. Not the government. |
| Supply | How much people have or how much is available. |
| Demand | What or how much people want. |
| What Economy is it? combination of government and privately owned business people and government own resources people and government own the profit | Mixed Economy |
| Specialization | Making a living doing what a person does best. |
| Human Capital | A supply of people who can produce goods and services. |
| Capital Goods | Items that people need to perform their jobs. |
| Natural Resources | Items that come from the world around us that we use for our own purposes. |
| Entrepreneur | People with ideas that are willing to take risks to start a business or make a product. |
| Currency | $(money) |
| Exchange Rate | Converting one nation's money into an equal value of another nation's money. |