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Economies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Traditional economies | system in which traditions, customs, and beliefs help develop the goods and the services the economy produces |
| Mixed economy | an economic system combining private and public enterprise |
| Market economy | An economic system where decisions regarding investment, production, and distribution are based on the interplay of supply and demand, which determines the prices of goods and services |
| GDP(gross domestic product) | the total value of goods produced and services provided in a country during one year |
| Per capital GDP | a measure of the total output of a country that takes gross domestic product and divides it by the number of people in the country |
| Specialization | A method of production where a business, area or economy focuses on the production of a limited scope of products or services to gain greater degrees of productive efficiency within an overall system |
| Trade Barrier | government-imposed restraint on the flow of international goods or services |
| Entrepreneurs | setting up a business or businesses, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit |
| Human capital | the skills, knowledge, and experience processed by an individual or population, viewed in terms of their value or cost to an organization or country |
| Capital goods | goods that are used in producing other goods, rather than being bought by consumers |