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Test 1 Supply & Demand

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Term
Definition
division of labor   show
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economics   show
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scarcity   show
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show when workers or firms focus on particular tasks for which they are well-suited within the overall production process  
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show economic policies that involve government spending and taxes  
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show the branch of economics that focuses on broad issues such as growth, unemployment, inflation, and trade balance.  
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Microeconomics   show
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monetary policy   show
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circular flow diagram   show
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goods and services market   show
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labor market   show
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show see theory  
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show a representation of an object or situation that is simplified while including enough of the key features to help us understand the object or situation  
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command economy   show
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show products (goods and services) made domestically and sold abroad  
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show the trend in which buying and selling in markets have increasingly crossed national borders  
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show measure of the size of total production in an economy  
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show products (goods and services) made abroad and then sold domestically  
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show interaction between potential buyers and sellers; a combination of demand and supply  
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market economy   show
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private enterprise   show
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traditional economy   show
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underground economy   show
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budget constraint   show
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law of diminishing marginal utility   show
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show examination of decisions on the margin, meaning a little more or a little less from the status quo  
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opportunity cost   show
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show all possible combinations of consumption that someone can afford given the prices of goods and the individual’s income  
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show costs that are made in the past and cannot be recovered  
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show satisfaction, usefulness, or value one obtains from consuming goods and services  
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allocative efficiency   show
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comparative advantage   show
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show as additional increments of resources are added to producing a good or service, the marginal benefit from those additional increments will decline  
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show a diagram that shows the productively efficient combinations of two products that an economy can produce given the resources it has available.  
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productive efficiency   show
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show idea that self-interested behavior by individuals can lead to positive social outcomes  
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show statement which describes how the world should be  
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show statement which describes the world as it is  
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demand curve   show
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demand schedule   show
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show the relationship between price and the quantity demanded of a certain good or service  
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show the price where quantity demanded is equal to quantity supplied  
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equilibrium quantity   show
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equilibrium   show
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excess demand   show
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excess supply   show
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show the common relationship that a higher price leads to a lower quantity demanded of a certain good or service and a lower price leads to a higher quantity demanded, while all other variables are held constant  
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show the common relationship that a higher price leads to a greater quantity supplied and a lower price leads to a lower quantity supplied, while all other variables are held constant  
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price   show
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quantity demanded   show
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show the total number of units of a good or service producers are willing to sell at a given price  
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show at the existing price, the quantity demanded exceeds the quantity supplied; also called excess demand  
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show a line that shows the relationship between price and quantity supplied on a graph, with quantity supplied on the horizontal axis and price on the vertical axis  
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show a table that shows a range of prices for a good or service and the quantity supplied at each price  
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supply   show
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show at the existing price, quantity supplied exceeds the quantity demanded; also called excess supply  
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show other things being equal  
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show goods that are often used together so that consumption of one good tends to enhance consumption of the other  
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show the combination of labor, materials, and machinery that is used to produce goods and services; also called inputs  
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show a good in which the quantity demanded falls as income rises, and in which quantity demanded rises and income falls  
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inputs   show
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normal good   show
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shift in demand   show
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show when a change in some economic factor (other than price) causes a different quantity to be supplied at every price  
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show a good that can replace another to some extent, so that greater consumption of one good can mean less of the other  
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price ceiling   show
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price control   show
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show a legal minimum price  
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total surplus   show
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show the extra benefit consumers receive from buying a good or service, measured by what the individuals would have been willing to pay minus the amount that they actually paid  
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deadweight loss   show
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show see social surplus  
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producer surplus   show
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show the sum of consumer surplus and producer surplus  
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