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Economic System

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Economics   The social science that deals with the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services  
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Bartering   Exchanging one good or services for another  
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Capitalism   Economic system where private owners control the production of goods and profit  
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Supply   How much people have  
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Demand   What or how much people want  
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GDP   The value of all of the goods and services produced in a country per year  
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Standard of living   level of comfort in every day life  
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Literacy Rate   The percentage of people in a country who can read and write  
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Specialization   Making a living doing what a person does best  
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Currency   Money  
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Exchange Rate   How much one currency is worth in terms of another  
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Voluntary Trade   Describes a market where buyers and sellers have the right to sell buy products or refuse to if they so choose  
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3 questions economic system answers   1. What to produce ? 2. How to produce ? 3. For whom to produce ?  
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market economy   people  
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command economy   Government decides what goods are made and how they will be made.  
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mixed economy   combination of government and privately owned business  
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traditional economy   Based on customs and traditions  
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human capital   1. a supply of people who can produce goods and services. 2. can be improved by training, education and healthcare.  
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capital goods   items that people need to perform their job. ex: factories, supplies, computers, machinery.  
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natural resources   items that come from world around us that we use for our own purpose. ex: oil, trees, water.  
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entrepreneur   1. people with new ideas that willing to take risks to start a business or make a product. ex: the person who started Starbucks.  
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tariffs   a tax on imported goods.  
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quotas   limit on particular product  
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embargo   bans trading for political reasons  
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European Union( EU )   it is a group of nations that have joined forces to solve problems. EU is a free trade zone,  
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Euro   currency  
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2 example of capital goods   machinery and factories  
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3 ways to invest in human capital   training, education, and healthcare  
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