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Ent 1 Obj 2.02
Gov and Business
| Disposable income | The amount of money people have to spend, or dispose of after they have paid their taxes, also called discretionary income |
| Federal Communications Commission (FCC) | A government agency that regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable |
| Federal Trade Commission (FTC) | A government regulatory agency that administers and enforces antitrust laws to prevent price fixing and to prohibit unfair competitive practices |
| Fiscal policy | The government policy that sets levels of government spending and taxation |
| Food and Drug Administration (FDA) | The regulatory agency established by the federal government to enforce laws that protect consumers health |
| Licensing | Issuing a government permit that allows an individual or a business to function in the marketplace |
| Monetary policy | The government policy that determines the amount of money that will be in circulation and the level of interest rates |
| Monopoly | A condition in which a market in controlled by one supplier with no substitute goods or services readily available |
| Natural Monopoly | A single business that influences the entire production of a particular good or service because it is in best interest of the public for the business to do so |
| Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) | A federal government agency that writes and enforces safety and health standard for business |
| Price discrimination | An illegal activity in which a business charges different customers different prices for similar amounts and types of products |
| Price supports | Assistance by government in maintaining the price of a good or service to enable the producers to earn a profit |
| Private enterprise system | An economic system in which individuals and groups, rather than government, own or control the means of production, also known as a free market economy, private profit system , market system, capitalistic system, or free enterprise system |
| Private sector | That part of the economy that is owned and controlled by individuals and/ or businesses |
| Public goods | Goods and services that are used by all people and cannot be withheld form people who don't help pay for them |
| Public sector | That part of the economy that is owned and operated by at all levels ( schools, libraries, highway systems) |
| Subsidy | Government financial help given to business |
| Tariff | A tax on imported goods, also called duty. |
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