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2.02 Part 3 Eco.
Objective 2.02
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Capital Goods | Manufactured or constructed items that are used to produce goods and services. |
| Central Planning | Detailed economic processes and goals developed by government; usually associated with communist economics. |
| Command economy | An economic system in which all or many of the means of production and distribution are owned and controlled by the government. |
| Communism | A command economic system in which the government controls the economic system and does not allow private ownership of the means of production and distribution. |
| Competition | The rivalry between two or more businesses to attract scarce customer dollars. |
| Consumers Goods | Tangible items produced for personal use. |
| Consumers | People who use goods and services to satisfy their wants. |
| Demand | The quantity of a good or service that buyers are ready to buy at a given price at a particular time. |
| Distribution | The process or activity by which income is divided among resource owners and producers. |
| Economic Resources | The human and natural and capital goods used to produce goods and services; also known as factors of production. |
| Economic System | The organized way in which a country handles its economic decisions and solves its economic problems. |
| Economic Vote | Term used to describe consumer approval of products expressed by the purchase of products. |
| Financial Capital | Money needed to operate a business. |
| Government | A country's arrangement for making and enforcing laws. |
| Human Resources | People who work to produce goods and services. |
| Human Services Programs | Benefits such as free medical care, education, and financial assistance that are provided by a government to its citizens. |
| Industrial Goods | Tangible items that will be consumed by industrial users. |
| Interdependent | Influencing or relying upon one another. |
| Market economy | An economic system in which the questions of what, how, and for whom products will be produced are answered by individuals and businesses in the marketplace. |
| Markets | Arrangements for buying and selling of goods and services. |
| Means of Production | All the resources required in the production of goods and services. |
| Medium of Exchange | Something of value that can be used to obtain goods and services; most common form is money. |
| Mixed Economy | An economic system in which elements of market and socialist command economies are combined. |
| Natural resoures | Items that are found in nature and used to produce goods and services. |
| Producers | The people who make or provide goods and services. |
| Production | The economic process or activity of producing goods and services. |
| Profit | Monetary reward a business owner receives for taking the risk involved in investing in a business; income left once all expenses are paid. |
| Quotas | Specific goals to be met. |
| Resources | Any item that is used to accomplish another activity, such as producing/providing goods and services. |
| Scarcity | A condition resulting from the gap between limited resources and unlimited wants for goods and services. |
| Socialism | A command economic want system in which government owns some basic means of production and allows private ownership of business as well. |
| Subsistence | Existence at a level that barely supports life. |
| Supply | The quantity of a good or service that sellers are able and willing to offer for sale at a specified price in a given time period. |
| Traditional Economy | An economic system in which people produce only what they must have to exist; all economic decisions are based on habit and tradition. |
| Welfare State | A government that provides multiple social programs such as free health care and education to its citizens. |