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Term
Business
Definition
an organized effort to produce products or services that satisfy a need while earning a profit
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A business must combine all four resources effectively to be successful.
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Sales Revenue subtracted from Business Expenses ehich equals a profit.
Definition
How does business make a profit?
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satissfy the needs of it's owner
Definition
Every firms goal is to...
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Stakeholders
Definition
All the different people or groups of people who are affected by the policies, decisions, and activities made by an organization.
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Economics
Definition
The study of how wealth is created and distributed.
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Microeconomics
Definition
The study of decisions made by individuals and businesses
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Macroeconomics
Definition
The study of National economy and global economy.
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Capitalism
Definition
Is the economic system in which individuals own and operate the majority of businesses that  provide goods and services.
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Adam Smith
Definition

Wealth of nations 1776. Society pursues self interest. 

People work hard if: 

Earn more pay 

Earn more profit 

Promotes good of community 

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Laissez- faire apitalism
Definition

Right to create wealth 

Right to own private property and Resources 

Righ to economic Freedom and freedom to Roght to limited government intervention

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Invisible hand
Definition
Describes how an individuals own personal gain benefits others and a nations economy.
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U.S.= Mixed Economy
Definition
An economy that exhibits elements of both capitalism and socialism.
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Four Major Rights
Definition

Right to own private property

Right to own a business and keep all that business profit

The right to freedom of competition

The right to freedom of choice 

 

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Free Markets
Definition
Decisions about what and how much to produce are made by the market
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Command economy
Definition
 economic system in which the means of production are publicly owned and economic activity is controlled by a central authority that assigns quantitative production goals and allots raw materials to productive enterprises. 
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Socialism 

Communism

Definition
Two forms of Command Economies
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Economic indicators
Definition

Gross Domestic Product 

Inflation 

Deflation 

Unemployment rate 

Consumer price index 

Producer price index

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Business Cycle
Definition
The recurrence of periods of growth and recission in a nation
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Monetary policy
Definition
Federal Reserve decisions that determine the size of the supply of money in the nation and the level of interest rates
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Fiscal Policy
Definition
Government influence on the amount of savings and expenditures accomplished by altering the tax structure and changing the levels of government spending
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Federal Deficit
Definition
Shortfll created when the federa; government spends more in a fiscal year then it recieves.
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Perfect 

Monopolistic 

Oligoploy 

Monopoly

Definition
Four differennt types of Competitions
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Monopolistic Competition
Definition
A market situation in which there are many buyers along with a relatively large numbers of sellers
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Product Differentiation
Definition
The process of developing and promoting differences between ones products and all competitile products.
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Oligopoly
Definition
A market situation in which there are few sellers.
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Monopoly
Definition
A market with only one seller, and there are barriers to keep other firms from entering the industry
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Natural Monopoly
Definition
An industry that requires a huge investment in capital and within which any deplication of facilities would be wasteful
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