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9th Grade
01/24/2013

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scarcity
Definition
A condition resulting from the gap between unlimited wants for goods and services and limited resources. scar
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Wants
Definition
A desire for something that may or may not be required.wan
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Needs
Definition
something required or essential that is lacking.nee
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Goods
Definition
tangible activities that can be manufactured or produced for resale.goo
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Services
Definition
Intangible activities that are performed by other people for money; productive acts that satisfy economic wants. ser
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Resources
Definition
Any item that is used to accomplish another activity, such as producing/providing goods and services. res
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opportunity cost
Definition
the benefit that is lost when you decide to use scarce resources for one purpose rather than for another.opp
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values
Definition
the amount of satisfaction a good or service will provide a customer. val
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goals
Definition
things that a business want to attain; objectives. Statements that you make telling yourself what you want to achieve. objectives or wants that you plan to fulfill. goa
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Traditionalism
Definition
An economic system in which people produce only what they must have in order to exist; all economic decisions are based on habit tradition.trad
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communism
Definition
A command economic system in which the government controls the economic system and does not allow private ownership of the means of production and distribution. comm
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Capitalism
Definition
an economic system that depends on honest, healthy competition between businesses.cap
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socialism
Definition
a modified command economic system in which government owns basic means of production and allows private ownership of businesses as well . soci
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