Economic Way of Thinking Flashcards

1
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the two basic desires of consumers-

A

needs

wants

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2
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a ________ is desires that can be satisfied by consuming a good

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want

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3
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a _________ is basic necessities for life

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need

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4
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________ is a situation in which there is not enough resources to reach human wants - affects how goods are made and the services provided

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scarcity

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5
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_________ are the study of how people use scarce resources to satisfy their needs

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economics

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6
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________ is central to use scarce resources

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choice

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7
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_________ are work that one person preforms for another payment

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services

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8
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a _______ is a person who buys goods and services

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consumer

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9
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a_________ is a person who makes the goods or services

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producer

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10
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Three basic economic questions that scarcity requires

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what is to be produced
how is it produced
for whom will it be produced

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11
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____________–are the resources needed to make something

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factors of production

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12
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four categories of the factors of production

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land
labor
capital
entrepreneurship

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13
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__________ includes all natural resources found on earth

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land

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14
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________ is human time and effort

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labor

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15
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___________ is the resources used by people to do something

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capital

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16
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__________ is knowledge and skill gained through experience

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human captital

17
Q

____________ is the combination of vision and skill to operate a business - are risk takers, risking time and money to make a profit

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entrepreneurship

18
Q

_________ are methods used to get people to to take a certain action

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incentives

19
Q

_________ is the benefit/satisfaction received from doing something

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utility

20
Q

___________ means making decisions according to the best combination of cost ad benefits

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economize

21
Q

____________ can take the form of money/time/something you value
every choice involves ________ as well

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costs

22
Q

____________ do not require all or nothing choices

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trade offs

23
Q

_________ is the value of the next best alternative, what you give up for choosing one decision over another

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opportunity cost

24
Q

examining the cost and expected benefits of a choice as an aid to make a decision, most useful tool to evaluate the worth of choices

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cost benefit analysis

25
Q

_______________ shows what you get and what you give up when making choices

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decision making grid

26
Q

_________ is the additional cost of using one more unit of product

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Marginal cost

27
Q

___________ is the additional satisfaction from using one more unit of product

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marginal bebefit

28
Q

____________ is a graph constructed by economist to show the impact of scarcity on an economy

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production possibilities frontier

29
Q

__________ is a latin phrase used in economics to mean all things being held equal or constant

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ceteris paribus

30
Q

the ________ shows the border between what is possible to produce and what is not

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PPF

31
Q

__________is when resources are being used to produce the maximum amount of goods

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efficiency

32
Q

__________ is when resources are not being used to full potential

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underutilization / inefficiency

33
Q

things that make the PPF shif outward

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economic growth

technology

34
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things that make PPF shift inward

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natural disaster

war/sickness