Economics Flashcards
The study of people choose to use limited resources to satisfy their unlimited wants
Economics
Where there isnβt enough of something because humans want more than they can have
Scarcity
Consumers willingness to purchase a good or service at a specific price
Demand
Producers willingness to make a product or offer a service at a particular price
Supply
Tangible (touchable) objects that satisfy economic wants
Goods
Activities performed by people to satisfy economic wants
Services
Someone who uses resources to make a good or service
Producer
Someone who buys or trades a good or service
Consumer
Goods brought into one country from another through trade or sell
Imports
Good and services traded with or sold to other countries
Exports
The knowledge and skills (education) that allows workers to produce goods and services to earn a salary
Human resources/Capital
Good such as factories, machines, and tools that works
Capital goods
Raw material used to support life and make good
Natural resources
The total value of all goods and services produced in a country every year
Grass domestic product
To buy more of something in order to benefit from it in the future
Invest