Free Market Flashcards

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Free market

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a self regulating economic system directed by individuals acting in their own self interest

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2
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Specialization

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the concentration of specific activities

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3
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Adam Smith

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Wrote Wealth of Nations

Explains self regulating nature of free market

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4
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Factor market

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When firms purchase the factors of production from a household

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5
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Profit

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the financial gain made

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6
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Product market

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When households purchase the goods that firms produce

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