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11762786170ScarcityLimited quantities of resources to meet unlimited wants0
11762794274Capitalproduction technology1
11762800032InflationA general and progressive increase in prices2
11762803051marginaladditional3
11762812021marginal benefitthe additional benefit to a consumer from consuming one more unit of a good or service4
11762814890marginal costthe cost of producing one more unit of a good5
11762819580Optimal Allocationmarginal benefit (MB) = marginal cost (MC)6
11762829877absolute advantage7
11762829928comparative advantage8
11762839489change in demand9
11762839490change in quantity demanded10
11762844762change in supply11
11762851076change in quantity supplied12
11762855236circular flow diagrama visual model of the economy that shows how dollars flow through markets among households and firms13
11762866313opportunity cost14
11762870449production possibilities curve15
11762874482supply and demand curve16
11762885138law of increasing opportunity cost17
11762892619Law of Demand18
11762913009Trade-offGiving up one thing for another19
11762925703factors of productionland, labor, capital, entrepreneurship20
11762929704Law of Supply21
11762959814market equilibriuma situation in which quantity demanded equals quantity supplied22
11762968882surplus23
11762973703shortage24
11762973704consumer surplus25
11762978831producer surplus26
11762988375total surplus27
11762991304deadweight loss28
11762991427price floor29
11762995024price ceiling30
11763017172tax31
11763020242substidy32
11763029131price elasticity of demand33
11763032457price elasticity of supply34
11763053125elastic35
11763057679Inelastic36
11763062092unit elastic37
11763067370perfectly inelastic38
11763071705perfectly elastic39
11763074684total revenue test40
11763093349income elasticity of demand41
11763096699cross elasticity of demand42
11763106353normal goods43
11763109504inferior good44
11763114687complementary goods45
11763118077substitute goods46
11767739650Externalitythe impact of one person's actions on the well-being of a bystander47
11767749938marginal private cost48
11767753627marginal private benefit49
11767759746marginal social cost50
11767762004marginal social benefit51
11767769631positive externality52
11767773130negative externality53
11767777833rival good54
11767780001excludable good55
11767782460non-rival good56
11767788047Non-excludable57
11767790561private goods58
11767790562common good59
11767794925club goodsexcludable but not rival60
11767796522public goodsGoods that are neither excludable nor rival in consumption61
11767806053free rider problem62
11767815764allocative efficiency63
11767818852productive efficiency64
11767824630Utilitythe capacity to be useful and provide satisfaction65
11767827509total utilitythe total amount of satisfaction obtained from consumption of a good or service66
11767830345marginal utilitysatisfaction or usefulness obtained from acquiring one more unit of a product67
11767836205law of diminishing marginal utilitythe principle that consumers experience diminishing additional satisfaction as they consume more of a good or service during a given period of time68
11767851026varible costcosts that change as output changes69
11767853138fixed costscosts that remain constant as output changes70
11767862911total revenue71
11767865320marginal revenue72
11767870384Law of Diminishing Marginal Returns73
11767873608law of increasing relative cost74
11767886514perfectly competitive market75
11767890309profit maximizationA method of setting prices that occurs when marginal revenue equals marginal cost.76
11767893864loss minimizationWhen a firm faces the certainty of incurring losses, its goal is to incur the lowest loss possible with the production of its goods and services.77
11767899546Revenue MaximizingMR=078
11767901733Classic Shutdown79
11767901734MonopolyA market in which there are many buyers but only one seller.80
11767907294economies of scalefactors that cause a producer's average cost per unit to fall as output rises81
11767909225diseconomies of scale82
11767913711product marketA market in which products are sold by firms and bought by households.83
11767916208Factor market (resource market)the market for the factors of production - land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship84

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