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chapter18

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need   requirements for survival , such as food,clothing,and shelter  
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want   a thig we would like to have, such as entertainment,vacations,or an item that makes life comfortable and enjoyable  
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economics   the study of how individuals and nations make choices about ways to use scarce resources to fulfill their need and wants.  
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microeconomics   the economic behavior and decision-making by individuals and small business  
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macroeconomics   economic behavior and decision making by government or whole industries or societies  
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economic system   nations way of producing things its people want and need  
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resource   the money,people,and the materials available to accomplish a community goal  
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scarity   not having enough  
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trade-off   the alternative you face if you decide to do one thing rather than another  
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oppurtunity 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 a 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 cost and marginal benefits of a decision  
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economic model   simplified representation of the real world that economists develop to describe how the economy behaves amd os expected to perform in the future  
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