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Economics Topic 1
Term Sheet
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Need | physiological, personal, or socio-economic requirements necessary for you to function and live |
| Want | everything people desire beyond basic goods and services |
| Good | things people buy |
| Services | activities done for others for a fee |
| Scarcity | people do not and cannot have enough income, time, or other resources to satisfy every desire |
| Economics | study of how individuals and nations make choices about ways to use scarce resources to fulfill needs and wants |
| Shortage | quantity demanded is greater than quantity supplied |
| Factors of Production | resources of land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship used to produce goods and services |
| Labor | work |
| Capital | all property-machines, buildings, tools, and money |
| Physical Capital | tangible, man-made objects that a company buys or invests in and uses to produce goods |
| Human Capital |