Economic Systems and Business Flashcards

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Barriers to Entry

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Factors, such as technological or legal conditions, that prevent new firms from competing
equally with an existing firm

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Business

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An organization that strives for profit by providing goods and services desired by its customers

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Business Cycles

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Upward and downward changes in the level of economic activity

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Capital

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Inputs, such as tools, machinery, equipment, and buildings, used to produce goods and services and get them to the customer

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Capitalism

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An economic system based on competition in the marketplace and private ownership of the factors of production (resources); also known as the private enterprise system

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Circular Flow

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Movement of inputs and outputs among households, businesses, and governments; a way of showing how the sectors of the economy interact

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Communism

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An economic system characterized by government ownership of virtually all resources, government control of all markets, and economic decision-making by central government planning

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Consumer Price Index (CPI)

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An index of prices of a “market basket” of goods and services purchased by typical urban consumers

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Contractionary Policy

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The use of monetary policy by the Fed to tighten the money supply by selling government securities or raising interest rates

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Cost-Push Inflation

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Inflation that occurs when increases in production costs push up the prices of final goods and services

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Costs

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Expenses incurred from creating and selling goods and services

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Crowding Out

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The situation that occurs when government spending replaces spending by the private sector

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Cyclical Unemployment

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Unemployment that occurs when a downturn in the business cycle reduces the demand for labor throughout the economy

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Demand

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The quantity of a good or service that people are willing to buy at various prices

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Demand Curve

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A graph showing the quantity of a good or service that people are willing to buy at various prices

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Demand-Pull Inflation

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Inflation that occurs when demand for goods and services is greater than the supply

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Demography

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The study of people’s vital statistics, such as their age, gender, race and ethnicity, and location

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Economic Growth

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An increase in a nation’s output of goods and services

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Economic System

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The combination of policies, laws, and choices made by a nation’s government to establish the systems that determine what goods and services are produced and how they are allocated

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Economics

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The study of how a society uses scarce resources to produce and distribute goods and services

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Entrepreneurs

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People who combine the inputs of natural resources, labor, and capital to produce goods or services with the intention of making a profit or accomplishing a not-for-profit goal

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Equilibrium

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The point at which the quantity demanded equals quantity supplied

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Expansionary Policy

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The use of monetary policy by the Fed to increase, or loosen, the growth of the money supply

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Factors of Production

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The resources used to create goods and services

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Federal Budget Deficit

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The condition that occurs when the federal government spends more for programs than it collects in taxes

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Federal Reserve System (the Fed)

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The central banking system of the United States

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Fiscal Policy

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The government’s use of taxation and spending to affect the economy

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Frictional Unemployment

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Short-term unemployment that is not related to the business cycle

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Full Employment

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The condition when all people who want to work and can work have jobs

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Goods

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Tangible items manufactured by businesses

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Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

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The total market value of all final goods and services produced within a nation’s borders each year

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Inflation

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The situation in which the average of all prices of goods and services is rising

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Knowledge

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The combined talents and skills in the workforce

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Knowledge Workers

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Workers who create, distribute, and apply knowledge

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Macroeconomics

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The subarea of economics that focuses on the economy as a whole by looking at aggregate data for large groups of people, companies, or products

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Market Structure

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The number of suppliers in a market

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Microeconomics

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The subarea of economics that focuses on individual parts of the economy, such as households or firms

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Mixed Economies

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Economies that combine several economic systems; for example, an economy where the government owns certain industries but others are owned by the private sector

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Monetary Policy

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A government’s programs for controlling the amount of money circulating in the economy and interest rates

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Monopolistic Competition

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A market structure in which many firms offer products that are close substitutes and in which entry is relatively easy

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National Debt

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The accumulated total of all of the federal government’s annual budget deficits

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Not-For-Profit Organizations

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An organization that exists to achieve some goal other than the usual business goal of profit

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Oligopoly

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A market structure in which a few firms produce most or all of the output and in which large capital requirements or other factors limit

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Perfect (Pure) Competition

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A market structure in which a large number of small firms sell similar products, buyers and sellers have good information, and businesses can be easily opened and closed

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Producer Price Index (PPI)

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An index of the prices paid by producers and wholesalers for various commodities, such as raw materials, partially finished goods, and finished products

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Productivity

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The amount of goods and services one worker can produce

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Profit

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The money left over after all costs are paid

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Purchasing Power

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The value of what money can buy

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Pure Monopoly

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A market structure in which a single firm accounts for all industry sales of a particular good or service and in which there are barriers to entry

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Quality of Life

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The general level of human happiness based on such things as life expectancy, educational standards, health, sanitation, and leisure time

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Recession

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A decline in GDP that lasts for at least two consecutive quarters

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Relationship Management

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The practice of building, maintaining, and enhancing interactions with customers and other parties to develop long-term satisfaction through mutually beneficial partnerships

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Revenue

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The money a company receives by providing services or selling goods to customers

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Risk

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The potential to lose time and money or otherwise not be able to accomplish an organization’s goal

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Savings Bonds

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Government bonds issued in relatively small denominations

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Seasonal Unemployment

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Unemployment that occurs during specific seasons in certain industries

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Services

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Intangible offerings of businesses that can’t be held, touched, or stored

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Socialism

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An economic system in which the basic industries are owned either by the government itself or by the private sector under strong government control

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Standard of Living

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A country’s output of goods and services that people can buy with the money they have

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Strategic Alliance

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A cooperative agreement between business firms; sometimes called a strategic partnership

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Structural Unemployment

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Unemployment that is caused by a mismatch between available jobs and the skills of available workers in an industry or region; not related to the business cycle

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Supply

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The quantity of a good or service that businesses will make available at various prices

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Supply Curve

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A graph showing the quantity of a good or service that businesses will make available at various prices

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Technology

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The application of science and engineering skills and knowledge to solve production and organizational problems

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Unemployment Rate

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The percentage of the total labor force that is not working but is actively looking for work