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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| scarcity? | is the fundamental economic problem of having humans who have unlimited wants and needs in a world of limited resources |
| opportunity cost? | The loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative is chosen. |
| trade-off | is a situation that involves losing one quality or aspect of something in return for gaining another quality or aspect. It often implies a decision to be made with full comprehension of both the upside and downside of a particular choice |
| factors of production? | any commodities or services used to produce goods and services |
| allocate? | to assign |
| rational decision? | weighing the marginal benefits an the marginal cost |
| productivity? | measures the amount of output produced with a given amount of productive factors |
| specialialzation | concentrating on only one job&building up your experience in that job. |
| production possibilities curve | weighs marginal cost and marignal benefits |
| broad economic goals |