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ch. 19
Term | Definition |
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goods | tangible products that we use to satisfy our wants and needs |
services | Work performed by a person for someone else |
factors of production | Resources necessary to produce goods and services |
labor | human effort directed towards producing goods and services |
capital | previously manufactured goods used to make other goods and services |
entrepreneur | individual who starts a new business, introduces a new product, and improves a management technique |
Gross Domestic Production | Total dollar value of all final goods and services produced in a country during a single year |
Standard of living | the material well-being of an individual group, or nation measured by how well their necessities and luxuries are satisfied |
market | free and willing exchange of goods and services between buyers and sellers. |
Factor Market | a market where productive resources are bought and sold |
Productivity | the degree to which resources are being used efficiently to produce goods and services |
Specialization | when people, businesses, regions, and/or nations concentrate in goods and services that they can produce better than anyone else |
Division of labor | the breaking down of a job into separate, smaller tasks to be performed individually |
Economic Interdependence | a reliance on others, as they rely on you, to produce goods and services to be consumed |
capitalism | a system in which private citizens own most, if not all, of the means of production and decide how to use them within legislated limits |
Free Enterprise | economic system in which individuals and businesses are allowed to compete for profit with a minimum of government interference |
Consumer Soverignty | the role of consumer as the ruler of the market, determining what products will be produced |
Private Property Rights | the freedom to own and use our own property as we choose as long as we do not interfere with the rights of others |
Competition | the struggle that goes on between buyers and sellers to get the best products at the lowest price |
Profit | the money a business receives for its products or services over and above its costs |
Profit Motive | the driving force that encourages individuals and organizations to improve their material well-being |
Voluntary Exchange | the act of buyers and sellers freely and willingly engaging in market transactions |
Laissez-Faire Economics | economic system where government should not interfere in the market |