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1
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3 key questions

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What to produce?
How to produce?
Who consumes?

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Scarcity

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unlimited wants exceed limited productive resources

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Shortage(temporary) and the 3 causes

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The demand for a product is greater than the supply of that product

Three causes- too much demand, not enough supply, gov. regulation

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Goods v. Services

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Goods are tangible items you buy, service is an act done for another

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5
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Four types of economies

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Free market is run by the people

Mixed market is run by the people and government

Command is run by the government

Traditional is based on religion, culture, heritage

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Why do markets exist?

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b/c we cannot produce everything we need or want

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Factors of production

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Land is ingredients or parts of product

Labor is who does the work

Capital is any human made resources used to make a product

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Capital

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Human is knowledge or skill

Physical is tools

Financial is money

Social is connections

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Opportunity cost

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The option given up when you make a decision

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10
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Factor Markets is…

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Where we trade our labor for pay

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Product Market

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Where we trade our money for product

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Law of demand

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When prices go up, quantity demanded goes down. Prices go down, and quantity demanded goes up.

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Substitution effect

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When you cannot get what you want so you have to settle for something else

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14
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Compliments

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When you typically buy two things together

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The law of supply

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works the way it does because businesses want profit.

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16
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Equilibrium

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The price of a product

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Price floor

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When the price cannot go any lower, like minimum wage

18
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Price ceiling

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When the price cannot go any higher, like rent control

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Who sets it

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The government sets both

20
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Measurements used for steady economic growth, stable prices, and full employment

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GDP, inflation (CPI), and employment rate

21
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GDP

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The dollar value of everything produced in a country in a year

22
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Four categories of spending

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Government spending, consumer spending, net exports, investments

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Inflation

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The general increase in prices and lowering the value of the dollar. Purchasing power is how far your money would go

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Recession and Depression

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3-6 months and 6+ months of economic downturn

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3 roles of $

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Medium of exchange, store of value, standard value

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Monetary policy

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Amount of money in the economy

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Fiscal policy

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Government taxes and spending

28
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Deficit

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Not enough money to pay what is owed

29
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Debt

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The overall amount owed

30
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Specialization

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Focusing on one or a few skills/products at a time

31
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Absolute advantage

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The best overall based on the metric

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Comparative advantage

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Who has the lowest opportunity cost

33
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Different opportunity costs > > > Higher standard of living

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Creates comparative advantage > Allows specialization > Efficiency allows gains from trade

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Tariffs

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a tax placed on goods imported into a country

35
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Quotas

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Limits on the quantity of goods that can be imported into a country

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Embargoes

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A complete ban on trade with a country (usually due to political disputes)

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Standards

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Requirements a good must meet before it can be imported

38
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Subsides

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Government payments to domestic producers that help the domestic companies compete with producers in other nations

39
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Circular flow

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google it fades out of existence

40
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Price floor and price ceiling

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google sigh

41
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Business cycle

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google jumps of brides

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