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Economics vocab.

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Incentive   Any factor that encourages or motivates someone to do something.  
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Scarcity   The condition that results because people have limited resources but unlimited wants.  
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The mantra of economics   People make choices with scarce resources, and they interact with others when they make these choices.  
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Microeconomics   Examines the behavior and decisions of individual firms and households and the way they interact in specific industries and markets.  
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Macroeconomics   Focuses on the whole national economics or even the whole world economy. The workings and problems of the whole economy.  
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Specialization   occurs when people or countries can concentrate on the items that can be produced most efficiently. Ex: Canada and maple syrup.  
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Division of labor   allows individuals to perform the tasks they do best.  
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Comparative Advantage   when one person or group can produce one good at a lower opportunity cost than another person or group.  
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Opportunity cost   The value the next highest value alternative of the resource  
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The law of diminishing utility   When the quantity of something consumed goes up, the utility or satisfaction goes down.  
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Utility   Satisfaction or improvement.  
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Gains from trade   Improvements in income, production, or satisfaction owing to the exchange of goods or services.  
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