Chapter 3 Flashcards

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Production Process

A

Turns inputs into consumable outputs

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2
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Consumable Outputs

A

Goods & Services

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3
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Resources/ Inputs

A
  • Natural Resources
  • Labor
  • Capital
  • Entrepreneurship
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4
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Technology

A

The way that inputs are combined to produce output

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5
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Make Work Fallacy

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The idea that jobs are valuable, whether or not the labor’s production adds value

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6
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Law of Increasing Opportunity Costs

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As more of 1 good is produced, the opportunity costs of that good increases, in terms of the other good that is sacrificed

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7
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Economic Growth

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An expansion of an economy’s productive capabilites

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8
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Human Capital

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ones education and training

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9
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The invisible Hand

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people looking out for their own self-interests inevitably helps others

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10
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Who is a middleman?

A

Errbody.

middlemen are valuable because people pay them

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11
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The Wealth of a country lies in that country’s _____

A

Consumable goods and services

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12
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PPF is a straight line if…..

A

All resources were equally productive

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13
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PPF is bowed outward because…..

A

the Law of Increasing Opportunity Costs

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14
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Butchers, Bakers and Brewers

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Labor is NOT done out of generosity or love for someone, but a desire to benefit themselves

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