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Chapters 1-4

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When the federal government crafts environmental policies that make it less expensive for firms to follow green initiatives,   the policies are consistent with economic incentives.  
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Economics   the study of the choices people make to attain their goals, given their scarce resources.  
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Marginal   an extra or additional benefit or cost of a decision.  
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Market   a group of buyers and sellers of a good or service and the institution or arrangement by which they come together to trade.  
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Scarcity   One of the basic facts of life is that people must make choices as they try to attain their goals.  
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Centrally planned economy   government decides how economic resources will be allocated.  
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Market economy   decisions of households and firms interacting in markets allocate economic resources.  
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Equity   the fair distribution of economic benefits  
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Mixed economy   an economy in which most economic decisions result from the interaction of buyers and sellers in markets but in which the government plays a significant role in the allocation of resources.  
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Opportunity cost   the highest valued alternative that must be given up to engage in an activity.  
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Consumers, firms, and government   Who decides what goods and services will be produced.  
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Positive analysis   concerned with what is  
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Normative analysis   concerned with what out to be  
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Macroeconomics   The study of the economy as a whole, including topics such as inflation, unemployment, and economic growth.  
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Microeconomics   The study of how households and firms make choices, how they interact in markets, and how the government attempts to influence their choices.  
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Production Possibilities Frontier (PPF)   a curve showing the maximum attainable combinations of two products that may be produced with available resources and current technology.  
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Comparative advantage   basis for trade  
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Household   consists of all the individuals in a home  
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Firms   suppliers of goods and services  
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Entrepreneur   someone who operates a business, bringing together the factors of production--labor, capital, and natural resources--to produce goods and services.  
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Free market exists   when the government places few restrictions on how a good or a service can be produced or sold or on how a factor of production can by employed.  
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Property rights   rights individuals or firms have to the exclusive use of their property, including the right to buy or sell it.  
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Ceteris paribus   all else equal  
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