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Macro Chapter 1

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Term
Definition
marginal thinking   the evaluation of whether the benefit of one more unit of something is greater than its cost (page 15)  
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economic thinking   a purposeful evaluation of the available opportunities to make the best decision possible (page 15)  
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macroeconomics   the study of the overall aspects and workings of an economy (page 7)  
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economics   the study of how individuals and society allocate their limited resources to satisfy their unlimited wants (page 6)  
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trade   the voluntary exchange of goods and services between two or more parties (page 19)  
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incentives   factors that motivate a person to exert effort (page 8)  
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opportunity cost   the highest-valued alternative that must be sacrificed to get something else (page 13)  
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scarcity   the limited nature of society's resources, given society's unlimited wants and needs (page 6)  
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markets   systems that bring buyers and sellers together to exchange goods and services (page 17)  
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comparative advantage   the situation where an individual, business, or country can produce at a lower opportunity cost than a competitor can (page 19)  
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Barter   involves individuals trading a good they already have or providing a service in exchange for something they want. (page 17)  
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microeconomics   the study of the individual units that make up the economy (page 7)  
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productive resources   the inputs used in the production of goods and services to make a profit  
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factors of production   Capital, Entrepreneurship, Land, Labor  
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Land   any natural resource, including actual land, but also trees, plants, livestock, wind, sun, water, etc.  
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economic Capital   anything that’s manufactured in order to be used in the production of goods and services.  
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Labor   any human service—physical or intellectual. Also referred to as human capital  
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human capital   Labor  
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Entrepreneurship   the ability of someone (an entrepreneur) to recognize a profit opportunity, organize the other factors of production, and accept risk.  
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economic goods   goods or services a consumer must pay to obtain; also called scarce goods  
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free goods   goods or services that a consumer can obtain for free because they are abundant relative to the demand  
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circular flow diagram   a diagram indicating that the economy consists of households and firms interacting in a goods-and-services market and a labor market  
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goods and services market   a market in which firms are sellers of what they produce and households are buyers  
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labor market   the market in which households sell their labor as workers to businesses or other employers  
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product market)   goods and services market  
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