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Civics 1.4
Economic Theories
| term | definition |
|---|---|
| economics | study of how people try to satisfy their wants with limited resources |
| capitalism | economic system with free choice and individual incentives |
| free market | buyers and sellers make free choices in the marketplace |
| laissez-faire | philosophy that gov't should keep its hands off the economy |
| socialism | gov't owns basic means of production and provides social services |
| bourgeoisie | capitalists who own the means of production |
| proletariat | workers who produce goods |
| communism | economic system in which the gov't makes all major economic decisions |
| command economy | economic system in which gov't controls all factors of production |
| democratic socialism | people control the gov't through free elections but gov't owns basic means of production and makes most economic decisions |