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8557063009ScarcityLimited resources and unlimited wants0
8557063010Trade-offGiving up one thing for another1
8557063011Opportunity Costwhatever must be given up to obtain some item; next best option2
8557063012Factors of ProductionLand (natural resources), Labor (work done to produce goods/services), Capital (tools/machinery), Entrepreneurship (someone who combines all factors to make a profit)3
8557063013Constant Opportunity CostResources are easily adaptable for producing either good (straight line)4
8557063014Increasing Opportunity CostOne factor increasing while the other decreases (bowed)5
8557063015Absolute Advantagethe ability to produce a specific product more efficiently than any other nation (the best)6
8557063016Comparative Advantagethe ability to produce a good at a lower opportunity cost than another producer (not so bad at)7
8557063017Economicsthe study of how society manages its scarce resources8
8557063018Efficiencythe property of society getting the most it can from its scarce resources9
8557063019Equalitythe property of distributing economic prosperity uniformly among the members of society10
8557063020Rational Peoplesystematically and purposefully do the best they can to achieve their objectives11
8557063021Marginal Changea small incremental adjustment to a plan of action12
8557063022Circular Flow Diagrama visual model of the economy that shows how dollars flow through markets among households and firms13
8557063023Production Possibilities Frontier (PPF)Graph that shows the combinations of outputs an economy can produce given the available factors of production and the available production technology14
8668714731Another term for marginalAdditional15
8668714732Input problemOther goes under16
8668714733Output problemsOther goes over17

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