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Any resources that are made by humans and used to create other goods and services are called: |
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food available because the trucks carry it are on strike. |
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An example of a shortage is limited amounts of... |
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The resources used to make all goods and services are the... |
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show alternative ways to use an economy's resources. |
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The purpose of a production possibilities graph is to... |
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uses its resources to make the most goods and services. |
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An efficient economy is one that... |
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the opportunity costs go up. |
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The law of increasing costs means that when an economy increases the production of one item,... |
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production possibilities graph. |
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The opportunity cost of a decision can be examined by using a... |
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What is a situation in which a good or service is unavailable? |
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What are any human-made goods that are used to create other goods and services? |
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What are natural resources used to make goods and services? |
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What is the effort that people devote to a task for which they are paid? |
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What principle states that we have limited quantities of resources to meet unlimited want? |
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What is an alternative that we sacrifice when we make a decision called? |
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What is the most desirable alternative given up as the result of a decision called? |
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What occurs when an economy uses fewer resources than an economy is capable of using? |
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What is the struggle among various producers for the consumer's business called? |
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mixed but on the side of centrally planned |
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How could the Chinese economy be characterized? |
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What incentive motivates a manufacturer to sell a product? |
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What economist developed the principle of laissez faire? |
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centrally planned economy |
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government makes all decisions on the production and consumption of goods and services |
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How do consumers benefit from competition? |
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What economic principle states that consumers ultimately decides what goods and services get produced? |
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What medical benefit program covers some poor people who are unemployed or not covered by their employer? |
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What medical benefit program provides for the elderly and disabled? |
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In what kind of an economy does the government make all decisions? |
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to produce and distribute goods and services |
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What is the purpose of an economic system? |
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a person who consumes a good or service but does not pay for it |
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What is the term for the total value of all goods and services produced in a particular economy? |
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greatest output of goods and services |
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temporary lack of one or more goods |
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the most attractive alternative that is given up when an economic decision is reached |
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production possibilities frontier |
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the line that shows different production possibilities for the economy |
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all the possible alternatives that are rejected when a choice is made |
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production possibilities graph |
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representation of the possible ways an economy could use resources |
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the basic economic condition of all goods and services |
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