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Definitions for first test Keely Spugnardi

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show desires that can be satisfied by consuming a good or service  
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Needs   show
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Scarcity   show
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show study of how individuals & societies satisfy their unlimited wants with limited resources  
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show physical objects such as clothing, food, and furniture that can be purchased  
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Services   show
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Consumer   show
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Producer   show
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show economic resources needed to produce goods & services  
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show all natural resources on or under the ground that are used to produce goods & services  
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Labor   show
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show all resources people make and use to produce and distribute goods and services  
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show combonation of vision, skill, ingenuity, and willingness to take risks that is needed to create and run a new business  
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Incentives   show
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show benefit or satisfaction gained from using a good or service  
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show to make decisions according to what is believed to be the best combonation of costs and benefits  
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show alternative someone gives up when making an economic choice  
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show value of something that is given up by choosing one alternative over another  
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show Practice of examing the costs and expected benefits of a choice as an aid to decision making  
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Marginal Cost   show
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Marginal Benefit   show
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show a simplified representation of economic activites, systems, or problems  
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show graph used to illustrate the impact of scarcity on an economy  
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Efficiency   show
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show condition in which economic resources are not being used to their full potential, resulting in fewer goods and services  
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Law of Incresing Oppourtunity Costs   show
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Statistics   show
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show study of the behavior of indiviual players- such as individuals and families- in an ecomy  
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Macroeconmics   show
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show way of describing & explaining economics as it is  
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show way of describing & explaing what economics should be  
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