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Government&Economy
Chapter 23
Term | Definition |
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private good | goods that when consumed by one individual, cannot be consumed by another |
public good | goods that when are consumed collectively, such as highways and nation defense |
externality | an unintended side effect of an action that affects someone not involved in the action |
monopoly | a sole provider of a good or service |
antitrust law | legislation to prevent new monopolies from forming and police those that already exist |
merger | a combination of two or more companies to form a single business |
natural monopoly | a market situation in which the costs of production are minimized by having a single firm produce the product |
recall | situation in which a company pulls a product off the market or agrees to change it to make it safe |
real GDP | GDP after adjustments for inflation |
businesscycle | alternating periods of goth and decline that the economy goes through |
civilian labor force | all civilians 16 and older who are either working or looking for work |
unemployment rate | the percentage of people in the civilian labor force who are not working but are looking for jobs |
fiscal policy | the federal governments use of spending and taxation policies to affect overall business activity |
inflation | a sustained increase in the general level of prices |
consumer price index | a measure of the change in price over time of a specific group of goods and services |
food stamps | government coupons that can be used to purchase food |
women, infants, and children (WIC) | program that provides help for nutrition and healthcare to low-income women, infants and children up to age 5 |
workfare | programs that require welfare recipients to exchange some of their labor in exchange for benefits |
progressive income tax | a tax that takes a larger percent of higher incomes than lower incomes |
earned income tax credit (EITC) | program that gives tax credits and even cash payments to qualified workers |