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kimbriad@Chap18-19

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Economics   the study of how individuals and nations make choices about ways to use scarce resources to fulfill their needs and wants.  
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Microeconomics   the economic behavior and decision-making by individuals and small businesses.  
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Macroeconomics   economic behavior and decision-making by government or whole industries or societies.  
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Economic System   nation's way of producing things its people want and need  
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Resource   the money, people, and materials available to accomplish a community's goals.  
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Scarcity   not having enough resources to produce all of the things we would like to have.  
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Trade-off   the alternative you face if you decide to do one thing rather than another.  
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Opportunity Cost   the cost of the next best alternative use of time and money when choosing to do one thing rather than another.  
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Marginal Cost   the additional or extra opportunity cost associated with an action.  
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Marginal Benefit   the additional or extra benefit associated with an action.  
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Cost-Benefit Analysis   economic model that compares the marginal costs and marginal benefits of a decision.  
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Services   work performed by a person for someone else.  
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Factors of Production   resources necessary to produce goods and services.  
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Capital   previously manufactured goods and services.  
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Entrepreneur   individual who starts a new business, introduces a new product, and improves a management technique.  
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Gross Domestic Product (GDP)   total dollar value of all final goods and services produced in a country during a single year.  
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Standard of Living   the material well-being of an individual, group, or nation measured by how well their necessities and luxuries are satisfied.  
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Market   free and willing exchange of goods and services between buyers and sellers.  
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Factor Market   a market where productive resources are bought and sold.  
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Product Market   a market where producers offer goods and services for sale.  
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Productivity   the degree to which resources are being used efficiently to produce goods and services.  
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Specialization   when people, businesses, regions, and/or nations concentrate on goods and services that they can produce better than anyone else.  
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Economic Interdependence   a reliance on others, as they rely on you, to provide goods and services to be consumed.  
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Capitalism   a system in which private citizens own most, if not all, of the means of production and decide how to use them within legislated limits.  
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Free Enterprise   economic system in which individuals and businesses are allowed to compete for profit with a minimum of government interference.  
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Consumer Sovereignty   the role of consumer as the ruler of the market, determining what products will be produced.  
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Private Property Rights   the freedom to own and use property as we choose as long as we do not interfere with the rights of others.  
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Profit Motive   the driving force that encourages individuals and organizations to improve their material well-being.  
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Voluntary Exchange   the act of buyers and sellers freely and willingly  
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Laissez-Faire Economics   economic system where government should not interfere in the marketplace.  
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