110 How Economics affect business Flashcards
Macroeconomics
The parts of economics study that looks at the operation of a nation’s economy as a whole
Economics
The study of how society chooses to employ resources to produce goods and services and distribute them for consumption among various competing groups and individuals.
Microeconomics
The part of economics study that looks at the behavior of people and organizations in particular markets
Resource development
The study of how to increase resources and to create the conditions that will make better use of those resources.
Capitalism
An economic system In which all or most of the factors of production and distribution are privately owned and operated for profit.
Basic rights in free market capitalism
- The right to own private property
- Right to own a business and keep all that business’s profits
- Right to freedom of competition
- Right to freed of choice
Supply
Quantity of products that manufacturers or owners are willing to sell at different prices at a specific time
Demand
Quantity of products that people are willing to buy at different prices at a specific time
Market price
The price determined by supply and demand
Perfect competition
Degree of competition in which there are many sellers in a market and none is large enough to dictate the price of a product
monopolistic competition
Degree of competition in which a large number of seller produce very similar products that buyers nevertheless perceive as different.
oligopoly
Degree of competition in which just a few sellers dominate the market
Monopoly
A degree of competition in which only one seller controls the total supply of a product or service, and sets the price.
Socialism
An economic system based on the premise that some, if not most, basic businesses should be owned by the government so that profits can be more evenly distributed among the people.
Brain drain
The loss of the best and brightest people to other countries.
Communism
Economic systems in which the market largely determines what goods and services get produced, who gets them, and how the economy grows.
Command economies
Economic systems in which the government largely decides what goods and services will be produced, who will get them, and how the economy will grow.
mixed economies
Economic systems in which some allocation of resources is made by the market and some by the government.
Gross domestic product GDP
Total value of goods and services produced in a country in a given year
unemployment rate
Number of civilians at least 16 years old who are unemployed and tried to find a job within the prior 4 weeks
Inflation
A general rise in the prices of goods and services over time.
Disinflation
A situation in which price increases are slowing ( the inflation rate is declining)
Deflation
A situation in which prices are declining
Stagflation
A situation when the economy is slowing but prices are going up anyhow