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JW's eco study stack
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Scarcity | inadequate supply of resources(not enough) |
| Goods | things or items we use that are produced |
| Services | a job done for someone else |
| Economy | the careful management of producing, distributing, and consuming wealth and resources |
| Natural Resources | these are found in the enviroment |
| Market | anywhere goods are sold or traded |
| Capital Resources | goods used to make other goods or provide a service |
| Wages | amount paid to an individual for services provided |
| Consumer | one who uses goods and services |
| Labor Resource | people who work |
| Economic system | system of organizing wealth and resources |
| Traditional Economy | decisions are made based on how things have been done in the past |
| Command Ecomnomy | the government makes the economic decisions and owns most of the property |
| Market Economy | resource are owned by private citizens and economic answers come from the citizens participating in the economy |
| Productive Resources | natural resources,labor/human resources, and capital resources |
| Renewable Resource | resource that can be replenished naturally |
| Non-renewable Resources | resources that can be depleted from the enviroment |
| Other Names for Market Economy | capitalism,free market system, laissez-faire |