1.2.1.2 Flashcards
includes
the “gifts of
nature,” or
natural resources
not created by
human effort.
Land
includes
the tools,
equipment, and
factories used in
production.
Capital
includes
people with all
their efforts and
abilities.
Labor
are individuals
who start a new
business or bring
a product to
market.
Entrepreneur
Factors of production
Land, Labor, Capital, Entrepreneur
Payment for Land
Rent
Payment for Labor
Wages/Salaries
Payment for Capital
Interest
Payment for Entrepreneurs
Profit
An economic system
cannot produce all goods
and services that
consumers, and most
consumers do not have the
resources to purchase
everything they want.
Law of scarcity
Choices must be made
about how limited
resources (time,
money) are used.
Law of Scarcity
Doing things right
Efficiency
Doing the right things
Effectiveness
how a
resource is
assigned or
distributed.
Allocation
how
resources are used
after allocation.
Utilization
refers to what
a person could have done with
what was sacrificed.
Opportunity Cost
Refers the next valuable
opportunity
Opportunity Cost
describes what is
sacrificed to get something else.
Trade-off
Refers to two opportunities or
more with choice.
Trade-off
the basic requirements for survival. Things we must have in order to survive.
Needs
not absolutely or necessarily essential for survival. Things we don’t really need but would like to have.
Wants
Any commodity or anything which can satisfy our wants
Goods
For family
Household economics
Work
Business economics