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2.02 Part 3 Economic
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 economies. |
| 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 business to attract scarce customer dollars. |
| consumer goods | Tangible items produced for personal use. |
| consumers | People who us 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 resources owners and producers. |
| Economic resources | The human and natural resources 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 CONSUMERS APPROVVAL OF PRODUCTS EXPRESSED BY THE PURCHASED OF PRODUCTS. |
| Financial capital | Money needed to operate a business. |
| Government | A country arrangement for making and enforcing laws. |
| Human resources | People who work to produce foods 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 replying upon one anther. |
| Market economy | An economic system in which the questions of what, how, and for whom products will be produced are answered by individuals and business in the marketplaces. |
| Markets | Arrangements for the 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 economy system in which elements of market and socialist command economics are combined. |
| Natural resources | 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. |
| Resource | 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 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 |