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What is Economics
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Economics
12th Grade
09/13/2011

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Scaracity
Definition
Not enough of a certain resource to satisfy people's needs and wants. 
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Economics
Definition
The study of how people, businesses, and countries make choices and use their resources
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Goods
Definition
things that can be seen, touched, bought or sold
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Service
Definition
Something performed for other for money
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Factors of Production
Definition
Four things needed to produce good and services. Natural resources, labor, capital and entrepreneurs.
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Natural Resource
Definition
Something provided by nature, such as wood, oil, and coal that can be used to produce goods. 
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Labor
Definition
Workers 
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Capital
Definition
Human-made items, such as machines and tools that are used to produce good and services
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Entrepreneur 
Definition
A person who comes up with the ideas for producing goods and services
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Opportunity Cost
Definition
Whatever is given up when a choice has to be made; a trade off
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Specialization 
Definition
The use of resources to produce only a single good or few kinds of good and services
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Productivity
Definition
The amount of good and services provided by a worker or business in a given time period
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Technology
Definition
The use of science to create new or better goods and services or more efficient methods of production 
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