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Term Sheet 2

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show the way a society uses resources to satisfy its people's wants  
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Standard of Living   show
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Innovation   show
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show an economic system in which people produce and distribute goods according to customs handed down from generation to generation.  
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Market   show
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show An economic system in which individuals decide for themselves what to produce and sell, without any intervention of the government  
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show a market where businesses purchase the items needed to produce goods or services.  
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show Where households purchase goods for personal use from firms. Brings together buyers and sellers of goods and services.  
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Adam Smith   show
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show the actions of individuals and firms striving for a greater market share to sell or buy goods and services.  
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Consumer Sovereignty   show
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show an economic system in which the government makes all decisions on the three key economic questions  
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show very similar to centrally planned economy with even more control by the government.  
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Socialism   show
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show a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.  
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show abstention by governments from interfering in the workings of the free market. "laissez-faire capitalism"  
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show a work or invention that is the result of creativity, such as a manuscript or a design, to which one has rights and for which one may apply for a patent, copyright, trademark, etc.  
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show an economic system combining private and public enterprise.  
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Profit Motive   show
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Voluntary Exchange   show
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show An organization of people who share common political interests and aim to influence public policy by electioneering and lobbying  
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Patriotism   show
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Eminent Domain   show
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show a decision is made that benefits the collective and not the individual.  
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show any non-confidential communication which an inventor or invention owner makes available to one or more members of the public, revealing the existence of the invention and enabling an appropriately experienced individual to reproduce the invention.  
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show he part of economics concerned with large-scale or general economic factors, such as interest rates and national productivity.  
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show he study of the behaviour (supply and demand) of individual markets. Scarcity. A situation in which unlimited wants exceed the limited resources available to fulfill those wants. Factors of production.  
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show the dollar value of all final goods and services produced within a country's border in a given year  
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show a cycle or series of cycles of economic expansion and contraction  
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Patent   show
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show An exclusive right granted by the federal government allowing the owner to reproduce and sell an artistic or published work.  
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show internal facilities of a country that make business activity possible, such as communication, transportation and distribution networks, financial institutions and markets, and energy supply systems  
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show the economic situation defined by an inefficient distribution of goods and services in the free market.  
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Externality   show
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Poverty Threshold   show
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show financial support given to people in need.  
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