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EC-901

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Capital goods   Manufactured or consumed or constructed items that are used to produce goods and services  
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Consumer   Anyone who uses goods and services  
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Consumption   The process or activity of using goods and services  
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Decision-making   Choosing among alternatives  
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Distribution   The process or activity by which income is divided among resource owners and producers  
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Economic activities   Consumption, production, exchange and distribution  
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Economic wants   Desires for items that can only be obtained by spending money  
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Economics   The study of how to meet unlimited, competing wants with limited resources  
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Economizing   The process of deciding which goods,=and services will be purchased or provided so that the most satisfaction can be obtained; deciding how scarce resources will be used  
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Exchange   The process of trading one goods/service for another  
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Free goods   Items that can be obtained without money  
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Goods   Tangible objects that can be manufactured or produced for resale  
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Human resources   People who work to produce goods and services  
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Income   The money received by resource owners and by producers for supplying goods and services to customers  
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Natural Resources   Items that are found in nature and used to produce goods and services  
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Noneconomic want   A desire for something that can be satisfied without spending money  
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Opportunity cost   The benefit that is lost when you decide to use scarce resources for one purpose rather than for another  
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Price   The amount of money paid for a good , service, or resource  
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Producers   The people who make or provide goods and services  
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Production   The economic process or activity of producing goods and services  
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Resource   Any item that is used to accomplish another activity, such as producing/providing goods and services  
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Resource owners   Those who provide human resources, natural resources, and capital goods in order for production to take place  
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Services   Intangible activities that are performed by other people for money; productive acts that satisfy economic wants  
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Scarcity   A condition resulting from gap between limited resources and unlimited wants for goods and services  
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Trade-off   Giving up all or part of one thing to get something else  
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Want   A desire for something that may or may not be required  
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