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May 3
| Word | Def |
|---|---|
| Pricing | Free market mechanism that exchanges goods and services between buyers and sellers |
| Imediate Gratification | Considering only short-term satisfaction when making a choice |
| Incentives | Encouragement to purchase a good or use a service |
| Fixed Costs | Costs to business that stay the same as productivity changes |
| Variable Costs | Business costs that change as productivity changes |
| Total Costs | Sum of fixed costs and variable costs to a business |
| Marginal Costs | Economic cost of the producins the next unit of a good or service |
| Assembly Line | Method of mass production used in factories |
| Technologies | The application of science, especially to industrial or commercial objectives |
| Robotics | Advanced automation, using robots to perform work |
| Invention | A new, useful process, machine, improvement, that did not exist previously |
| Innovation | Inventions and technological advances that increase economic productivity |
| Mass Production | Making vast quantities of goods by using machiney and the division of labor |
| Agribuisness | Large-scale farming and sale of farm inputs such as seed and fertilizer by large corporations |
| Business Organizations | Four kinds of business enterprises |
| Specialization | The specific task and skills that an individual contributes to the division of labor |
| Human Capital | Skills, taining, and knowledge of workers |
| White Collar | People who typically work for management in offices |
| Blue Collar | People who do jobs that involve manual labor |
| Skilled Worker | A worker who has aquired special skills |
| Unskilled Workers | A worker who does not have special skills |
| Automation | Use of machinery instead of people to perform work |
| Capital Goods | Products used in further production, such as machinery and raw materials |
| Consumer Goods | Goods to satisfy people's wants and needs |