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Chapter 1 Terms - Economics

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Terms right out of the textbook.

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  • The inputs, or factors of production, used to produce the goods and services that people want; consist of labor, capital, and natural resources
  • The physical and mental effort used to produce goods and services
  • The buildings, equipment, and human skills used to produce goods and service
  • Profit- seeking decision maker who starts with an idea, organizes an enterprise to bring that idea to life, and assumes the risk of the operation
  • Payment to resource owners for their labor
  • Payment to resource owners for the use of their capital
  • Payment to resource owners for the use of their natural resources
  • Reward for entrepreneurial ability; sales revenue minus resource cost
  • A tangible product used to satisfy human want
  • An activity, or intangible product, used to satisfy human wants
  • Occurs when the amount people desire exceeds the amount available at a zero price
  • A set of arrangements by which buyers and sellers carry out exchange at mutually agreeable terms
  • Incremental, additional, or extra; used to describe a change in an economic variable
  • The study of the economic behavior in particular markets, such as that for computers or unskilled labor
  • The study of the economic behavior of entire economies, as measured, for example, by total production and employment
  • A measure, such as price or quantity, that can take on different values at different times