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Economics Vocab
Economics
Term | Definition |
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Economics | The production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. |
Capitalism | Economic system in which private owners control the production of goods and services. |
Bartering | Exchanging one good or service for another. |
Supply | How much people have or how much is available. |
Demand | How or what people want. |
GDP | The value of all goods and services produced in a county per year. |
Standard of living | The degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community. |
Literacy rate | The percentage of people in a country who can read and write. |
Specialization | Making a living of what a person does best. |
Currency | Money$ |
Currency exchange | trading one type of currency for another. |
Voluntary exchange | A market where buyers or sellers have the right to sell or buy what they want or refuse to if they choose. |
Questions answered | What to produce. How to produce it. For whom to produce it. |
Traditional economic system | Based on traditions |
Market economic system | People own all resources( no government) and keep all profits. |
Command economic system | Government chooses what goods are being made and how they are made. |
Mixed economic system | Combination of market and command economy. |
Tariff | Taxes on goods |
Quota | Restrictions on amounts of a good that can be imported into a country |
Embargo | Forbid trade |
Euro | European currency |
EU promotes | free trade and democracy |
Natural resources | naturally occurring source of wealth, land, or water |
capital resources | machines and tools used to produce goods. |
human resources | people in a work force |
entreprenur | person who takes risks to start a business |