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Begining Vocabulary
Words you need to know to start economics
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Economics
12th Grade
08/07/2010

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scarcity
Definition
limited amt of supplies
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economics
Definition
how ppl balance wants and needs w/ scarcity
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wants
Definition
express a need
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need
Definition
food, water, and shelter
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factors of production
Definition
resourses used to produce things we would like to have (land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurs
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entrepreneurship
Definition
risk taker in search of profits
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opportunity cost
Definition
using money wisely w/ choices you make
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Gross Domestic Product (GCP)
Definition
dollar value of goods
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Economic Interdependence
Definition
rely on others places to get stuff as they rely on us
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Free Enterpise Economy (market economy)
Definition
gov't doesn't interfere
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Paradox of Value
Definition
when something that is important to your life have less value than something that's not important
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Productions Possibilities Frontier
Definition
diagram that represents how much a company can produce when fully employed
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capital
Definition
stuff used to make stuff
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productivity (economic efficiency)
Definition
measure amt of output produced by a given amt of in a specific period of time
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marginal cost
Definition
extra cost when something is added to a product
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consumer sovereighnty
Definition
vote for what is best by buying what you want
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economic freedom
Definition
freedom to make choices in the economy
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voluntary exchange
Definition
exchange of goods voluntarily
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command economy
Definition
system that has a central authority that makes ecomonic decisions
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Division af Labor (specialization)
Definition
doing jobs your better at
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Regulation
Definition
gov.'t control over economy
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Deregulation
Definition
removal of gov.'t activity on business
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Standard of Living
Definition
life based on necessities and luxuries which make life easier
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