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Economics   The study of scarcity and choices  
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Scarcity   Scarcity of resources (factors of production)  
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Factors of Production   Land, Labor, Capital, Entrepreneurship  
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Land   Nature  
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Labor   Human labor  
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Capital   Tools, equipment  
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Entrepreneurship   Person with a good idea  
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Market Economy   individuals and firms allocate resources (Australia)  
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Centrally Planned Economy   Government decides allocation of resources (Cuba)  
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3 main questions in Economy   What to produce? How to Produce? Who gets it?  
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3 Principles of Economics   1.) Society and individuals face trade-offs 2.) Opportunity costs - what you give up to get something (implicit and explicit) 3.) People respond to incentives  
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Positive Statement   Can be rejected or accepted with data - how the world is (example "unemployment is 8%")  
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Normative Statement   Cant be rejected or accepted with the data. It depends on values and judgement- how the world should be. (Example "unemployment is low"  
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