Chapter 2 Flashcards

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Four Productive Resources

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Labor
Land/Natural Resources
Capital
Entrepreneur

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2
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Four Resource Paymments

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Wages
Rent
Interest
Profit

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Four Efficient Uses of Resources/Define

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Full employment
-Economy should provide employment for all who are willing to work
Production efficiency
-Producing the best possible product at the least possible cost
Allocation efficiency
-Producing what people want
Distribution efficiency
-Making sure that the G/S get to the population

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Opportunity cost/Reasons for Marginal Opportunity cost

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Opportunity cost is the highest value alternative that must be forgone when a choice is made

The reason is because of specialization and adaptability

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5
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Economic Capital

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Consists of machines, factories, and etc…

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Financial Capital

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Consists of bonds/stocks/cash

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7
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Production possibility curve and Assumptions

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PPC is an economic model which shows the various amounts of two goods that can be produced with full employment and fix technology
Assumptions:
1) All factors of production are held constant.
2) All resources are fully employed and efficiently used.
3) The existing technology is fixed.
4) Only two goods.

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Economic Growth
Key variable to it

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It is the ability of the economy to produce more G/S
Technology

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9
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Two-sector circular flow diagram

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A model of the flow output and income from households to businesses and vice-versa

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