Chapter 2 Flashcards
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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
2
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production possibilities frontier
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a graph that shows the combinations of output that the economy can possible produce given the available factors of production and the available production technology
3
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microeconomics
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the study of how households and firms make decisions an dhow they interact in markets
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macroeconomics
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the study of economy-wide phenomena including inflation, unempolyment, and economic growth
5
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positive statements
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claims that attempt to describe the world as it is
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normative statements
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claims that attempt to prescribe how the world should be
