Economics Flashcards
Chapter 1
Scarcity
Condition that occurs because peoples wants and needs are unlimited while the resources needed to produce goods and services to meets these wants and needs are limited
Unlimited wants and needs
The human characteristic of never having all wants and needs satisfied
Economics
The social science that deals with how society allocates is scarce resources among its unlimited wants and needs
Allocation
The process of choosing which needs will be satisfied and how much of our resources we will need to use to satisfy them
Limited resources
The condition of there not being enough resources to fulfill all the wants and needs
opportunity cost
the value of any alternative that you must give Up when you make a choice
Opportunity benefit
What can be gained by making a particular choice
Microeconomics
One branch of economics that examines the choices of individuals concerning one product, one firm, or one industry
Macroeconomics
One branch of economics that examines the behavior of the whole economy at once
Basic questions of economics
What to produce- how to produce- for whom to produce