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Test 1 Supply & Demand

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show the way in which the work required to produce a good or service is divided into tasks performed by different workers  
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show the study of how humans make choices under conditions of scarcity  
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show when human wants for goods and services exceed the available supply  
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specialization   show
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fiscal policy   show
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macroeconomics   show
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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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show a market in which firms are sellers of what they produce and households are buyers  
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show the market in which households sell their labor as workers to business firms or other employers  
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show see theory  
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theory   show
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command economy   show
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exports   show
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show the trend in which buying and selling in markets have increasingly crossed national borders  
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gross domestic product (GDP)   show
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imports   show
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market   show
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market economy   show
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private enterprise   show
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show typically an agricultural economy where things are done the same as they have always been done  
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underground economy   show
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budget constraint   show
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show as we consume more of a good or service, the utility we get from additional units of the good or service tend to become smaller than what we received from earlier units  
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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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opportunity set   show
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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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show when the mix of goods being produced represents the mix that society most desires  
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comparative advantage   show
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law of diminishing returns   show
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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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invisible hand   show
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normative statement   show
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positive statement   show
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demand curve   show
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demand schedule   show
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demand   show
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equilibrium price   show
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equilibrium quantity   show
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show the situation where quantity demanded is equal to the quantity supplied; the combination of price and quantity where there is no economic pressure from surpluses or shortages that would cause price or quantity to change  
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excess demand   show
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show at the existing price, quantity supplied exceeds the quantity demanded; also called a surplus  
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law of demand   show
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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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shortage   show
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supply curve   show
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supply schedule   show
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show the relationship between price and the quantity supplied of a certain good or service  
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surplus   show
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show other things being equal  
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complements   show
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factors of production   show
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inferior good   show
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inputs   show
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show a good in which the quantity demanded rises as income rises, and in which quantity demanded falls as income falls  
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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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show government laws to regulate prices instead of letting market forces determine prices  
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show a legal minimum price  
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show see social surplus  
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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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show the loss in social surplus that occurs when a market produces an inefficient quantity  
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economic surplus   show
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producer surplus   show
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social surplus   show
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