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Economics   show
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Want   show
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Need   show
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Microeconomics   show
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Macroeconomics   show
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show all the things that can be used to make goods  
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Scarcity   show
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show temporary lack of goods or resources  
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Tradeoff   show
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Opportunity Costs   show
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Factors of Production   show
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show FOP natural resources examples: trees, water, coal, oil used to produce goods and services  
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Labor   show
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show FOP Manufactured items used to make goods and services examples: building, machinery  
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Human Capital   show
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show FOP person who starts and runs a business (logging company, sawmill, Home Depot)  
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show the use of land, labor and capital to produce goods and services more efficiently  
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Decision making:   show
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show increase in total cost when producer increases output by one unit  
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show additional gain from consuming or producing one more unit of a good or service (measured by $ or satisfaction)  
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Utility   show
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show Used to decide whether an action should be taken based on costs and benefits  
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show controversial assumptions used to put monetary value on things as lives or animal habitats saved, etc  
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Goods   show
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Consumer good   show
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Capital goods   show
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Services   show
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show People who need goods and services  
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Consumption   show
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show Used to show the combination of two products that is possible with a given amount of resources  
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show Classified by who answers three basic questions (what, how, for whom)  
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Traditional Economy   show
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Market Economy:   show
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show An authority such as a feudal lord, a government agency, or central planners decide three basic questions and to whom goods and resources will be allocated  
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Adam Smith   show
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Specialization   show
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show is the act of buyers and sellers freely and willingly engaging in market transactions  
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show Efficient use of resources in production  
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show decisions made by individual affects decisions made by other people or events in one part of the world or economy affect other parts  
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show keeps prices low and quality high  
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show using laws to control businesses  
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