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Business Chap. 1-3
Economic Systems
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09/13/2005

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Term
Needs
Definition
Things that are necessary for survival, such as food, clothing, and shelter.
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Wants
Definition
Things that are not necessary for survival but that add comfort and pleasure to our lives.
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Goods
Definition
Things you can see and touch.
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Services
Definition
Things that satisfy our wants through the efforts of other people or equipment.
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Economic Resources or factors of production
Definition
The means through which goods and services are produced.
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Natural Resource
Definition
Raw materials supplied by nature.
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Human Resources (labor)
Definition
People who work to produce goods and services.
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Capital Resources (capital)
Definition
Tools, equipment, and buildings used in producing goods and services.
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Basic Economic Problem (Scarcity)
Definition
The problem which faces individuals, businesses, and governments of satisfying unlimited wants with limited resources.
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Opportunity Cost
Definition
The value of any alternative that you give up when you buy something else or make another choice.
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Economic decision making
Definition
The process of choosing which want, among several wants being considered, will be satisfied.
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economic system
Definition
A nation's plan for making decisions on what and how to produce and how to distribute goods and services.
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custom-based economy
Definition
An economic system in which goods are produced the way they have always been produced.
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voluntary exchange
Definition
Buyers and sellers make their own economic decisions to determine what the price will be for goods and services produced and sold.
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marketplace
Definition
Any place where buyers and sellers exchange goods and services for some form of money.
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competition
Definition
The rivalry among businesses in selling to buyers.
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private enterprise
Definition
The right of the individual to choose whether to own a business, what business to enter, and what to produce with only limited government direction.
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private property
Definition
The right to own, use, or dispose of things of value.
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market economy
Definition
An economy in which individuals are free to engage in busines transactions with buyers who are able and willing to buy and sellers who supply goods and services from which they earn a profit.
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directed or planned economy
Definition
An economy in which resources are owned and controlled by the government.
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profit motive
Definition
The desire to work hard and be creative to earn a higher profit.
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capitalism
Definition
An economic system in which most economic resources are privately owned and decisions about production are largely made by free exchange in the marketplace.
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profit
Definition
Money left from sales after subtracting the cost of operating the business.
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business
Definition
An establishment or enterprise that supplies goods and services in exchange for some form of payment.
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Labor Productivity
Definition
The quantity of a good an average worker produces in one hour
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