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Economics Vocabulary

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show One who buys or rents goods or services and uses them.  
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show The study of the behavior of individuals and institutions engaged in the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services.  
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Economic interdependence   show
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Entrepreneur   show
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Federal Reserve System   show
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GDP Gross Domestic Product   show
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Goods   show
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Income   show
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show A general rise in the price level.  
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show Ideas, goods and services in one area affect decisions and events in other areas reducing self-sufficiency.  
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show The lower the price of a good or service, the greater the quantity that people will buy, all else held constant (e.g., incomes, tastes).  
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show The higher the price of a good or service, the greater the quantity that business will sell, all else held constant (e.g., resource costs, technology).  
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show A place or process through which goods and services are exchanged.  
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show An economic system in which decisions are made largely by the interactions of buyers and sellers.  
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show An economic system in which decisions are made by markets, government and tradition.  
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show Government decisions on money supply and interest rates to achieve economic goals.  
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show A medium of exchange.  
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show Anything found in nature that can be used to produce a product (e.g., land, water, coal).  
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Partnership   show
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Producer   show
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Productivity   show
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Profit   show
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Recession   show
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show Inputs used to produce goods and services; categories include natural, human and capital.  
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Scarcity   show
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show Actions that are valued by others.  
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show A surcharge placed on imported goods and services. The purpose of a tariff is to protect domestic products from foreign competition.  
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Trade   show
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show An economic system in which decisions are made largely by repeating the actions from an earlier time or generation.  
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show Desires that can be satisfied by consuming goods, services or leisure activities.  
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show accumulation of those products that are tangible, scarce, useful, and transferable from one person to another  
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