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C 2.02
EC-901
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Capital goods | Manufactured or constructed items that are used to produce goods and services |
| Consumer | Anyone who uses goods and services |
| Consumption | The processes or activity of using goods and services |
| Decision - Making | Choosing Among alternatives |
| Distribution | The process or activity of using goods and services |
| Economic Activities | Consumption, Production, Exchange, and distribution |
| Economic Wants | Desires for items that can only be obtained by spending money |
| Economics | The study of how to meet unlimited, competing wants with limited resources |
| Economizing | The process of deciding which goods and services will be purchased or provided so that the most satisfaction can be obtained |
| Exchange | The process of trading one good/service for another |
| Free goods | Items that can be obtained without money |
| Income | The money received by resource owners and producer |
| 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 I lost when you decide to use goods or products |
| Price | the amount of money paid for a good, service, or resource |
| Producers | The people who make or provide goods or services. |
| Production | the economics 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 unlimited wants for goods and services. |
| Scarcity | A condition resulting from the gap between limited resources and unlimited wants for goods and services. |
| Services | Intangible activities that are performed 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. |
| Free goods | Items that can be obtained without money. |
| Goods | Tangible objects that can be manufactured or produced for resale. |