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Economics Unit 1

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Why do people spend?   show
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show To pay for expensive goods. "For a rainy day" For retirement. Habit.  
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Why do people borrow?   show
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What are the 5 types of saving?   show
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What are the 7 types of borrowing?   show
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What does surplus mean?   show
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show There is not enough supply / demand.  
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What is The Basic Economic Problem?   show
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show A shortage is when the demand for a product is higher than the supply. Scarcity is when wants for a product is higher than the supply  
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show People are willing and able to buy a product.  
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show Goods that do not have a price because there is enough to satisfy everyone. (fresh air)  
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show The benefit you lose as a result of making a decision. Can also be known as "real cost"  
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show What to buy.  
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show What to produce.  
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What choice do the government have to make?   show
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show Where people make/produce goods and services. It can be local, regional, national or international.  
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show Where buyers and sellers come together in order to agree a price and exchange.  
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show Land, Labour, Capital and Enterprise.  
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What is Land?   show
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What is Labour?   show
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show Man-made resources, (Factories, machinery)  
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What is Enterprise?   show
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What is Geographical mobility?   show
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show Resources can change use.  
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What is Demand?   show
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show The quantity of goods and services that people are willing and able to buy.  
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show Effective demand at a given price  
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show The demand of 1 consumer  
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What is Market demand?   show
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show A table showing quantity demanded.  
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show A graph plotting data from the demand schedule.  
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What is utility?   show
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show The extra satisfaction that you get as a result of consuming 1 extra unit.  
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show The graph moves right.  
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What happens to the demand curve when demand falls?   show
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show Disposable income, Prices of other goods, Trends and Fashion, Number of consumers (age distribution), weather, Interest rates.  
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What is Supply?   show
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show A change in supply as a result of a change in price.  
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How does competitive supply effect supply?   show
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show A rise in price of a good might increase the supply of joint products.  
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show A fall in the cost of any factor of production will lead to an increase in the supply.  
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How does Government Intervention effect supply?   show
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How does technology effect supply.   show
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show A non price determinant  
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show An extension of supply.  
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What would cause a contraction on the supply curve?   show
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show Resources are used for their best suited productive activity.  
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What are the benefits of using specialisation?   show
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show Increased productivity - increased income Workers work in the job they are best at - most satisfaction  
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What are the disadvantages of "Division of Labour"?   show
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What is the short run?   show
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What is a worldwide market?   show
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What is a localised market?   show
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show There is something to be exchanged, buyers, sellers, and a price.  
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show When there are no barriers to firms competing with each other. The price is set by the total demand and supply. There is no government intervention.  
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show When both the quantity demanded and supplied are the same. The market is cleared (no shortage.. unsatisfied customers, no unsold supplies.)  
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How will suppliers react to unsold stock?   show
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show Consumers will compete with each other by offering to pay a higher price.  
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What would cause a rise in the equilibrium price?   show
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Why do governments intervene in markets?   show
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show Imposing a tax, setting a maximum price below the equilibrium, or offering a subsidy  
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What is a subsidy?   show
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show They feel the equilibrium price is too high. To help low income consumers.  
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