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Principles ofEconomics
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Supply andDemand
_______ is the cost of what you give up to obtain an
item.
Opportunity Cost
________ is the cost you can never recover no matter
Sunk cost
________ is the small or
incremental amount you would pay extra to have
more
Marginal Cost
Humankind has unlimited wants but our
resources are limited thus creating the problem of
________
Scarcity
___= revenue – cost of production
Profit
A ____ is anything an individual wants
more of at zero price.
Good
Copper and iron are ______ natural
resources.
Exhaustible
_____ is the study of how a society
manages its scarce resources.
Economics
When you _______ in something, it means you focus on one task enabling you to be more efficient and productive.
Specialize
All factors of production are called ________
Capital resources or capital goods
Demand for a good exists only when consumers are both _____
and ____ to buy it
Willing and able
If elasticity is greater than 1.0,
demand is ______.
Elastic
As substitutes become cheaper, demand for the
normal good will _____
Decrease
_____ goods are goods that go together and usually sold
together.
Complementary goods
A ______ exists when quantity
demanded is lower than quantity
supplied.
Surplus
When firms get together to fix
prices and quantity it is called
Cartel
A profit-seeking individual who
accepts all risk of success or failure
in business
Entrepreneur
When 1 person or 1 group holds all market power in
an industry
Monopoly
Who pays more taxes- a sole
proprietor or a corporation?
Corporation
Legal obligation of a firm to pay off all
debts
Liability
Which type of spending makes up 60% or more of our nation’s
spending?
Consumption
Which type of GDP takes inflation into
account- real or nominal?
Real
I’m thinking of a # 1-10. What is it?
8
What are the 2 phases of a
business cycle?
Expansion and recession
Which type of unemployment is
caused by recession?
Cyclical
A point of reference to
measure inflation
Consumer price index
_______ are taxes countries place on imported goods.
Tariffs
_______ is a free trade agreement
among US, Mexico, and Canada
NAFTA
The ______ theory states that developing countries will
eventually catch up with the industrialized countries.
Convergence Theory
Crude oil makes up ___% of our
nation’s imports.
17%
Make your wager
Ms. So’s husband
In which city did the Rock play
college football?
Miami