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economics vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| scarcity | inadiquate supply of resources (not enough) |
| goods | things or items we use that are produced |
| economy | the careful manegment of producing distributing and consuming wealth and resources |
| natural resources | these are found in the enviorment |
| market | anywhere goods are sold or traded |
| capital resources | goods are used to make other goods or provide a service |
| wages | amount paid to an individual for service provided |
| consumer | one who uses goods and services |
| labor resources | people who work |
| economic system | system or orginizing wealth and resources |
| traditional economy | traditions are made based on low things have been done in the past |
| command economy | the goverment makes the economic desicions and owns most of the property |
| market economy | resources are owned by private citizens and economic answers come from the citizens participating in the economy |
| productive resources | natural resources, labor/human resources, capital resources |
| renewable resources | resource that can be replenished naturally |
| non-renewable resources | resources that can be depleted from the enviorment |
| other names for market economy | capitilisam, free market system, laissez-faire |