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Chap. 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 | The resources necessary to produce goods and services |
Natural Resources | Gifts of nature that make production possible |
Labor | Human effort directed towards producing goods and services |
Capital | Previously manufactured goods used to make other goods and services |
Entrepreneur | An individual who starts a new business, introduces a new product, and improves a management technique |
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) | The 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 | The free and willing exchange of goods and services between buyers and sellers |
Factor Market | A market where productive resources are bought and sold |
Product Market | A market where products offer goods and services for sale |
Productivity | The degree to which resources are being used efficiently to produce goods and services |
Specialization | When people, businesses, regions, and/or nations concentrate on goods and services that they an produce better than anyone else |
Division of Labor | The breaking down of a job into separate, smaller task to be performed individually |
Economic Interdependence | A reliance on others, as they rely on you, to provide 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 | An economic system in which individuals and businesses are allowed to compete for profit with a minimum of government interference |
Consumer Sovereignty | The role the customer 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 prices |
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 exchanging in market transactions |
Laissez-faire Economics | An economic system where government should not interfere in the marketplace |