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C 2.02
EC-901
Term | Definition |
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Capital goods | manufactured or constructed items that are used to produce goods and services |
Consumer | anyone who uses goods and services |
Consumption | the process or activity of using goods and services |
Decision-making | choosing among alternatives |
Distribution | the process of activity by which oncome is divided among resource owners and producers |
Economic activities | consumption , production, exchange, and distribution |
Economic wants | desire for items that can only be obtained by spending money |
Economizing | the process of deciding which goods and services will be purchased or provided so that the most satisfaction can be obtained; deciding how scares resources will be used |
exchange | the process of trading one good/service for another |
free goods | items that can be obtained without money |
goods | tangible objects that can be manufactured or produced for resale |
human resources | people who work yo produce goods and services |
income | the money received by resource owners and by producers for supplying goods and services to costumers |
natural resources | items that are found in nature and used to produce goods and services |
noneconomic want | a desire for something that can be satisfied without spending money |
opportunity cost | the benefit that is lost when you decide to use scares resources for one purpose rather than for another |
price | the amount of money paid for a good, service, or resource |
producers | the people who make or provide goods and services |
production | the economic process or activity of producing goods and services |
resource | any item that is used to accomplish another activity, such as producing/providing goods and services |
resource owners | those who provide human resources, natural resources, and capital goods in order for production to take place |
scarcity | a condition resulting from the gap between limited resources and unlimited wants for goods and services |
services | intangible activities that are preformed by other people for money; productive acts that satisfy economic wants |
trade-off | giving up all or part of one thing to get something else |
want | a desire for something that may or may not be required |
economics | the study of how to meet unlimited, competing wants with limited resources |