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Ch 2
Honors
12
Economics
12th Grade
02/04/2009

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Term
economic system
Definition
an organized need of providing for wants and needs of society
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traditional economy
Definition
economic system in which basic economy activity stems from ritual, habbit, or custom
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command economy
Definition
desicions are made by central authority
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market economy
Definition
basic economic desicions are made by people and firms acting in their own best interest
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market economy advantage
Definition
relatively small degree of gov interference
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economic efficiency
Definition
an economic goal that is based on the deire of people to use resources wisely
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price stability
Definition
an economic goal that is based on preventing inflation
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social security
Definition
a federal program of disability and retirement benefits
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economic freedom
Definition
en economic goal that is based on the desire of people to make their own desicions
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capitalisim
Definition
economic system in which private citizens own factors of production
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profit move
Definition
the driving force that encourages people and organizations to improve their matierial and well being
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voluntary exchange
Definition
a charecteristic of capitalisim in which buyers and sellers feely and willlingly engage in market transactions
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