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Eonomics - Topic 2 Vocabulary

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show the process of bringing new methods, products, or ideas into use  
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standard of living   show
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safety net   show
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show the structure of methods and principles that a society uses to produce and distribute goods and services  
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show an economic system that relies on habit, custom, or ritual to decide the three basic economic questions  
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market   show
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free market economy   show
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show an individual’s own personal gain  
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competition   show
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show the arena of exchange in which firms purchase the factors of production from households  
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product market   show
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centrally planned economy   show
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show another name for a centrally planned economy  
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show a range of economic and political systems based on the belief that wealth should be distributed evenly throughout a society  
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show a political system in which the government owns and controls all resources and means of production and makes all economic decisions  
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show describes a form of government that limits individual freedoms and requires strict obedience from its citizens  
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show property that is owned by individuals or companies, not by the government or the people as a whole  
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mixed economy   show
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show a period of change in which a nation moves from one economic system to another  
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open opportunity   show
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show a private organization that tries to persuade public officials to act in ways that benefit its members  
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profit motive   show
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macroeconomics   show
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microeconomics   show
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show the total value of all final goods and services produced in a country in a given year  
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show a period of macroeconomic expansion, or growth, followed by a period of contraction, or decline  
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show a government license that gives the inventor of a new product the exclusive right to produce and sell it  
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copyright   show
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show a shared good or service for which it would be inefficient or impractical to make consumers pay individually and to exclude those who did not pay  
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show a situation in which the free market, operating on its own, does not distribute resources efficiently  
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show the part of the economy that involves the transactions of the government  
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private sector   show
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show an economic side effect of a good or service that generates benefits or costs to someone other than the person deciding how much to produce or consume  
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show government aid to the poor  
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