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"Ben's" Biztown 1

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Public Goods and Services   Goods and services paid for with taxes. Many people benefit from these even if they don't pay for them.  
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Private Goods and Services   Goods and services that are paid for by the people who are using them. Not paid for with taxes.  
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Taxes   Required payments to government. Used to pay for public goods and services.  
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Prototype   A model or sample of a product to be made or produced.  
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Scarcity   A situation where there is not enough of what people want.  
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Free Enterprise   A system in which economic decisions are made in markets by people and businesses, with little government influence.  
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Profit   The money that is left over after a business pays all its costs.  
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Citizen   A member of a town, city, county, state, or country.  
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Community   A place where people live, work, trade, and share.  
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Trade   Exchange goods and services - usually for money.  
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Business   A company that sells goods and/or services  
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Philanthropy   The effort to increase the well-being of people through charitable giving. This is a VERB.  
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Nonprofit Organizations   These organizations (businesses) help to increase the well-being of people, education, animals, health, religion and other good causes. Examples are animal shelters, Goodwill, schools. They don't make a profit.  
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Opportunity Cost   The value of the next best alternative that you give up when a choice is made.  
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