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C29 Economics
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Economy | System of individuals, businesses and governments that produces, sells and buys goods and services. |
| National economy | The economy of a certain country |
| Global economy | The world economy |
| Economics | The study of how individuals, organizations and governments make choices about how to allocate limited resources |
| Economic resources | Factors used to produce goods and provide services |
| Basics economic problem | Our needs and wants are unlimited but economic resources are limited |
| Scarcity | Gap between unlimited needs and wants and limited economic resources leads to scarcity |
| Economic system | How a country controls its economic resources to produce goods and services |
| Free economy | An economy where anyone is free to make decisions about the production of goods and services |
| Controlled economy | An economy where the government has total control of the production of goods and services |
| Mixed economy | An economy where the government and private business share the production of goods and services |