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Consumer Economics B1

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Bait and Switch   an illegal Sales technique in which a seller advertises a product with the intention of persuading consumers to buy a more expensive product  
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Capitalism   A type of hands-off economic system in which producers and consumers are free to operate and compete in business transactions with minimal, if any, goverment interference or regulation  
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Communism (Communist Economic System)   A type of hand-on economic system in which the government owns and controls most, if not all, of the productive resources of a nation  
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Competition   The rivalry among sellers in the same marker ro win customers  
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Deception   Occurs when false or misleading claims are made about the quality, the price, or the purpose of a particular product  
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Economy   All activities related to the production and distribution of goods and services in a geographic area  
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Impulse Buying   Buying something without thinking about it and making a conscious decision  
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Loss Leader   An item of merchandise marked down to an unusually low price, sometimes below the store's cost  
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Market Economy   A type of economic system where both market forces (based on individual freedoms) And government decisions determine which goods and services are produced and how they are distributed  
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Opportunity Cost   The value of your next best choice - What you are giving up  
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Pyramid Scheme   A multilevel marketing plan that promises members (distributors)  
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Redress   internal complaint-handling procedures through which consumers seek compensation or to rectify the problems that occur during e-commerce transactions  
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Scarcity   Consumers place a higher value on goods that are scarce than on goods that are abundant  
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Traditional Economic System   consumers and businesses decide what they want to produce and purchase in the marketplace without any influence or interference from a government or other outside body.  
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