Economics Flashcards

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Need

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Basics you need to survive such as food water shelter

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2
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Want

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Good you desire to have such as a car pet cupcake

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3
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Good

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Is a product that you can buy

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4
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Service

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A system providing a public need

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5
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Land

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Natural resources such as water gold oil

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6
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Labour

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Human effort such as workers

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7
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Capital

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Man made goods such as machines

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8
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Enterprise

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Enterprenuer who decides what to produce how to use the resources and were to locate

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9
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Scarcity

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The basic economic problem as resources are limited and wants are unlimitd

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10
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Choices

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As there are limited resources everyone can’t get what they want

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11
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Free goods

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Free goods are resources which are unlimited

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12
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Opportunity cost

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An opportunity is the sacrifice of the next best alternative choice

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13
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Sectors of production

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Land labour capital enterprise

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14
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Durable

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Products that last a long time

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15
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Non durable

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Products that don’t last a long time

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16
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Tagible

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Products you can touch

17
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In tangable

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Products you can’t touch

18
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Possibility curve

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A possibility curve shows the efficiency of the maximum output of two froducts. It shows how much you need to one product you need to sacrifice for another

19
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Primary sector

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Natural reources

20
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Secondary sector

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Manufacturing of the products

21
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Tertiary sector

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The sevice

22
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Capital goods

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Goods used to make consumers goods and services such as eqipment

23
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Merit goods

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Services provided free for the use of public such as education and the nhs

24
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Public goods

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Goods used for the benefit of well being such as lampsosts