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Partners in Trade
All about Trade
Term | Definition |
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Trade | The exchange of something of value |
Specialization | The concentration of production on fewer kinds of goods and services than are consumed |
Interdependence | Reliance on others to satisfy wants |
Production | The act of combining natural resources, human resources, capital goods and entrepreneurship to make goods and services |
Consumption | The purchase or use of goods and services |
Goods | Objects that are capable of satisfying people's wants |
Services | Actions that are capable of satisfying people's wants |
Market | The interaction of buyers and sellers exchanging goods and services |
Market Clearing Price for Goods | The one price at which quantity supplied equals quantity demanded (also referred to as the equilibrium price) |
Opportunity Cost | The value of the next best alternative given up when a choice is made |
Supply | The quantities of a good or service that producers are willing and able to provide at various prices during a given time period. |
Demand | The quantities of a good or a service that consumers are willing and able to buy at various prices during a given period. |
Import | Goods that are brought into a country as part of a trade |
Export | Goods that leave the country as part of trade |
Scarcity | The lack of sufficient resources to produce all the goods and services people desire. |