FINAL Flashcards

1
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Scarcity

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We cannot have all we want of goods and services

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2
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Opportunity costs

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What is forgone when I choices made

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3
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Secondary effects

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The unintended result of choices, unplanned and often unforeseen

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4
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Efficiency

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The absence of waste

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5
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Macro economics

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Deals with choices that affect the whole country

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Micro economics

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Looks mainly at choices made by individuals in households and business firms

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7
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Economic profit

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A reward for innovation

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8
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Normal profit

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Zero economic profit, just enough to keep existing resources employed no more, no less

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9
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Law of demand

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When things other than price and quantity stay the same, people still want

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10
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Law of supply

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Other things staying the same, firms are willing and able to sell more goods or services at higher prices than at lower ones

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11
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Substitute

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A good we can use in place of another product

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12
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Market power

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The ability to influence the price of a product or resource

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13
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Types of gross domestic product

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Real and nominal

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14
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Define GDP

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Gross domestic product is the value of all goods and services produced in a year in a single country

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15
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Real

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Accounting for changes over years

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16
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Nominal

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The GDP as it is in the moment

17
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Inflation

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A general increase in prices and or fall in the purchasing power of money

18
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Money

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A neutral means of exchange

19
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Protectionism

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A set of ideas to justify restrictions on imports

20
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Four types of resources

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Land, labor, capital, entrepreneurial and managerial ability

21
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What are the four types of economic system

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Tradition, command, market, mixed

22
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We cannot have all we want of goods and services

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Scarcity

23
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What is for gone when A choice is made

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Opportunity costs

24
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The unintended result of choices, unplanned and often on for seen

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Secondary effects

25
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The absence of waste

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Efficiency

26
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Deals with choices that affect the whole country

A

Macroeconomics

27
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Looks mainly at choices made by individuals and households and a business firms

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Microeconomics

28
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A reward for innovation

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Economic profit

29
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Zero economic profit, just enough to keep existing resources employed and no more and no less

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Normal profit

30
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Other things staying the same, firms are willing and able to sell more goods or services at higher prices than at lower ones

A

Law of supply

31
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A good we can use in place of another product

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Substitute

32
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The ability to influence the price of a product or resource

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Market power

33
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Real and nominal

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Types of GDP

34
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The value of all goods and services produced in a year in a single country

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Gross domestic product

35
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Accounting for changes over the years

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Real GDP

36
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The GDP as it is in the moment

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Nominal GDP

37
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A general increase in prices and or fall in the purchasing power of money

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Inflation

38
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A neutral means of exchange

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Money

39
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A set of ideas to justify restrictions on imports

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Protectionism