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The Market System and Circular Flow

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show Particular set of institutional arrangements and a coordinating mechanism for solving the economizing problem  
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Laissez-Faire Capitalism   show
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Command System   show
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show Economic system in which individuals own most economic resources and in which markets and prices serve as the dominant coordinating mechanisms used to allocate those resources  
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show Mixture of centralized government economic initiatives and decentralized actions taken by individuals and firms  
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Markets   show
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show Right of private persons and firms to obtain, own, control, employ, dispose of, and bequeath land, capital, and other property  
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Market System Characteristics   show
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Freedom of Enterprise   show
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show Freedom of owners of property resources to employ or dispose of them as they see fit  
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show That which each firm, property owner, worker, and consumer believes is best for itself and seeks to obtain  
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show Effort or striving between two or more independent rivals to secure the business of one or more third parties by offering them the best possible terms  
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show Two or more buyers and two or more sellers acting independently in a particular market Freedom of sellers and buyers to enter and exit markets on basis of economic self interest  
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Technology and Capital Goods   show
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show Use of resources of an individual, a firm, a region, or a nation to concentrate production on one or a small number of goods and services  
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show Separation of the work required to produce a product into a number of different tasks that are performed by different workers  
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show Specialization increases total output society derives from limited resources  
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Medium of Exchange   show
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Money   show
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show Determination by consumers of the types and quantities of goods and services that will be produced with the scarce resources of the economy  
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show "votes" that consumers cast for the production of preferred products when they purchase those products rather than the alternatives that were also available  
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Invisible Hand   show
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show Problem coordinating all of the millions of individual decisions taking place in the economy Lead to shortages  
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show Misjudgment of how many of each good was wanted at government determined prices Persistent shortages and surpluses  
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Demise of Command System   show
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Circular Flow Diagram   show
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show Economic entities that provide resources to the economy and use the income received to purchase goods and services that satisfy economic wants  
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show Economic entities (firms) that purchase resources and provide goods and services to the economy  
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Sole Proprietorship   show
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show Two or more individuals agree to own and operate a business together  
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Corporation   show
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Product Market   show
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Resource Market   show
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How Market System Deals with Risk   show
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Residual Claimants   show
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Benefits of Restricting Business Risk to Owners   show
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