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Strand one
Basic Economic terms
Term | Definition |
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Land | Any kind of natural resource |
Labor | The physical effort put into making goods. |
Capital | Any human created resource made to better produce other goods |
Physical capital | tangible products to assist in making goods |
Human Capital | The economic value a employee. |
Entrepreneurship | Manages the three other factors of production. The activity of setting up a business or businesses, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit. |
Market system | An economic system in which production and prices are determined by unrestricted competition between privately owned businesses |
Command system | An economy in which production, investment, prices, and incomes are determined centrally by a government. |
Mixed | An economic system combining private and public enterprise. |