E11 Flashcards
Demand
Quantity of a good or service that consumers are willing to buy at a particular price
Opportunity cost
Giving up the highest value object or activity for another
Supply
Quantity of a good or service that businesses will offer at a particular price
Market
Formed when buyers and sellers come together
Market price
Determined by how much buyers are prepared to pay and the price businesses need to be paid to cover their costs
Monopoly
Where there is one firm selling in the market
Equilibrium
Where demand and supply meet
Needs
What you think are important things that are essential in your life
Wants
Things that u like but can survive without
Choice
Being able to make decisions
Scarcity
Limited or not enough resources
Basic economic problem
Human wants and needs are unlimited and resources are finite and can not satisfy these needs and wants
Productivity
Output per worker per period of time
Income
Total money from a persons wages, interest and dividends
Dividends
Money shareholders get back