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Consumer

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A person or organisation that directly uses a good or service

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Producers

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A person, company or country that makes, grows or supplies goods or services

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Government

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A political authority that decides how a country is run and manages its operations

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Factors of production

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The resources in an economy that can be used to make goods and services. Capital, Enterprise, Land and Labour

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Scarce resources

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When there is an insufficient amount of something to satisfy all wants

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Unlimited wants

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The infinite desire for something

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Economic problem

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How to best resources to fit the unlimited wants of people

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Opportunity cost

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The next best alternative when making a choice

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Economic choices

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An option for the use of scarce resources

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Economic sustainability

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The best use of resources in order to create responsible development or growth, now and for the future

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Social sustainability

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The impact of development or growth that promises an improvement in the quality of life for all, now and into the future

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Environmental sustainability

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The impact of development or growth where the effect on the environment is small and possible to manage, now and into the future

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Market

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A way of bringing buyers and sells to buy and sell goods and services

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Primary sector

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The direct use of natural resources, such as the extraction of basic materials and goods from land and sea

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Secondary sector

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All activities in an economy that are concerned with either manufacturing or construction

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Tertiary sector

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All activities in an economy that are involved in a service

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Goods

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A tangible product

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Services

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An intangible product

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Factor market

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Market in which the services of the factors of production are bought and sold

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Product market

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Market in which the final goods or services are offered to consumers, businesses and the public sector

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Specialisation

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The process by which individuals, firms, regions and whole economies concentrate on producing those products that they are best at producing

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Exchange

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The giving up of something that the individual or firm has, in return for something they wish to have but do not possess

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Demand

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The willingness and ability to purchase a good or service at the given price in a given period of time

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Demand curve

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A line which represents the amount of a good or service a consumer is willing and able to buy. There is a negative relationship between price and quantity

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Price elasticity of demand
The responsiveness of quantity demanded to a change in the price of the product
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Supply
The willingness and ability to produce a good or service at the given price in a given period of time
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Supply curve
A line which represents the amount of a good or service a firm is willing and able to produce. There is a positive relationship between price and quantity
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Price elasticity of supply
The responsiveness of quantity supplied to a change in the price of the product
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Price
The sum of money you have to pay for a good or service. It is determined by the interaction of supply and demand
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Equilibrium price
The price where the quantity supplied exactly matches the quantity demanded
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Equilibrium quantity
The output level where the quantity supplied exactly matches the quantity demanded
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Determination of price
The interaction of the free market forces of demand and supply to establish the eternal level of price for a good or service
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Allocation of resources
How scarce resources are distributed among producers and how scarce goods and services are allocated among consumers
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Market forces
Factors that determine price level and the availability of goods and services in an economy without government intervention
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Competition
Where different firms are trying to sell a similar product to a consumer
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Market economy
An economy in which scarce resources are allocated by the market forces of supply and demand
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Monopoly
A sole producer of a good or service
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Oligopoly
Where a small number of firms control the large majority market share
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Competitive market
A market where there are lots of sellers, selling identical products
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Production
The total output of goods and services produced by a firm or industry in a time period
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Productivity
One measure of the degree of efficiency in the use of factors of production in the production process. It is measured in terms of output per unit of input
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Total cost
All the costs of a firm added together
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Average costs
The cost of producing a unit
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Total revenue
The total income of a firm from the sale of its goods and services (price x number sold)
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Average revenue
The revenue per unit sold (total revenue / number sold). Equal to the price.
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Profit
When a firms revenue is greater than its costs TR > TC
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Loss
When a firms costs are greater than its revenue TR
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Fixed costs
Costs which do not vary with output - for example, rent.
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Variable costs
Costs which do vary with output - for example, rent.
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Economies of scale
The cost advantages a firm can gain by increasing the scale of production leading to a fall in average costs
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Labour market
Where workers sell their labour and employers buy the labour: it consists of households' supply of labour and firms' demand for labour
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Gross pay
The amount of money that an employee earns before any deductions are made
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Net pay
The amount of money that an employee is left with after deductions are made from the gross income
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Income tax
A tax levied directly on a persons income/wages
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National insurance
A contribution paid by workers, and their employers, towards the cost of state benefits
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Pension
A regular payment to people of retirement age. A contribution is deducted from gross salary each month towards this
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Money
Anything that is generally accepted as a means of payment for goods and services
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Medium of exchange
Anything that sets the standard of value of goods or services acceptable to all parties involved in a transaction
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Financial sector
Consists of financial organisations and their products, and involves the flow of capital
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Banks
Financial institutions licensed to take deposits and make loans
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Building societies
A mutual financial organisation that is owed by its members
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Insurance
Financial institution that guarantees compensation for specified loss, damage, illness or death in return for an agreed
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Interest rates
The cost of borrowing money (paid to the lender) and the reward for saving
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Saving
Part of an individual’s income which is not spent on consuming goods and services
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Borrowing
Receiving money in exchange for an agreement to pay it back in the future.
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Investment
The purchase of capital goods that are used to produce future goods and services. It is also an asset purchased to provide an income in the future and/or to be sold at a profit.

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