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1-3 Vocabulary jw
Question | Answer |
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a simplified representation of economic forces. | economic model |
a graph used by economists to show the impact of scarcity on an economy. | Production possibilities curve (PPC) |
Involves producing the maximum amount of goods and services possible. | Effciency |
Means producing fewer goods and services than possible. | Underutilization |
a law that states that as production switches from one product to another, increasing amounts of resources are needed to increase the production of the second product. | law of increasing opportunity costs |
Resources are fixed All resources are fully employed Only two things can be produced technology is fixed | Four assumptions of the production possibilties curve. |