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Chapter 2
Gregory Mankiw edition
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Economics
Undergraduate 3
02/05/2013

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circular-flow diagram
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A visual model of the economy that shows how dollars flow through markets among households and firms
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production possibilities frontier
Definition
a graph that shows the combinations of output that the economy can possibly produce given the available factors of production and the available production technology
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microeconmics
Definition
The study of how households and firms make decisions and how they interact in markets
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macroeconomics
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The study of economy-wide phenomena, including inflation, unemployment, and economic growth
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positive statements
Definition
claims that attempt to describe the world as it is
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normative statements
Definition
claims that attempt to prescribe how the world should be
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