Terms Flashcards

(34 cards)

1
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Deciding wether to do or use one addition unit of resource

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Thinking at the margin

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2
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A phrase that refers to the trade offs that nations face.

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Guns or butter

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3
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An ambitious leader who creates new goods or services.

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Entrepreneur

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4
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All human made goods that are used to make others goods.

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Physical capital

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5
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The effort that people devote to a task.

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Labor

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6
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Physical objects such as food or phones.

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Goods

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7
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An Item that we desire, but is not essential to live.

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Want

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8
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The common sense science of how and why people, businesses, and governments, make the choices they do.

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Economics

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9
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Everything that is finite or limited in quanity

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Scarcity

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10
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Using wisely and well what God has given

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Stewardship

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11
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A tangible physical thing that has a measurable lifespan.

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Good

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12
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Determined due to the nature of this product.

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Intrinsic value

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13
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Also known as a schedule, and a popular method of explaining simple relationships between pairs.

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Tabular model

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14
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In its basic form contains a horizontal and vertical axis

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Line graph

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15
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This provides a complete visual explanation of how a complete economical system functions

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Circular flow model

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16
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Land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship.

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Factors of production

17
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The payment made on borrowed money

18
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When government spending exceeds what is receives in taxes

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Budget deficit

19
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The difference between revenues received and costs that go into production

20
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All payments for labor

21
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The activity of creating useful goods and services

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Consumption expenditures

22
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Household spending on goods and services

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Principal of diminishing marginal utility

23
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Or graph that shows an alternative way to use an economies resources

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Production possibilities curve

24
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The willingness of consumers to purchase a product, and the actual act of purchasing it.

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Goods that experience an increase in demand because of an increase in consumer income
Normal goods
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Goods that are used in households in replace of others
Substitute goods
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Goods that are usually purchased or used together.
Complementary goods
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Items grant see a decline in sales as consumer income decreases.
Inferior goods
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When a demand curve shifts to the left or to the right.
Change in demands
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When government dictates that prices may not rise any higher
Price ceilings
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A barrier that prevents a price from falling below the market price.
Price floor
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The price at which consumers are willing to take from the market, the exact quantity of a product that suppliers will put in the market.
Market equilibrium price
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The willingness of businesses to produce more of their product at any given price.
Increase in supply
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Supply fluctuations up or down.
Changes in supply