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DISTRIBUTION
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The way an economy allocates to consumers the goods and services it produces
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3 BASIC ECONOMIC ?
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What goods and services are to be produced? How are these goods and services to be produced? Who will receive these goods and services?
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CAPITALIST/MARKET ECONOMY
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Private individuals and firms own most of the resources
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US ECONOMY
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Not a pure laissez faire (leave it alone or minimal gvt) more of a mixed economy with many regulations and an extended role for government
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PLANNED ECONOMY
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Socialist and communist. Most of the productive resources are owned by the state and most economic decisions are made by central gvts
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PRODUCTION
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The process of converting resources (factors of production) -land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship ability- into goods and services
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RESOURCES
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Productive resources include land, labor,capital, and entrepreneurial ability (factors of production)
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LAND
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Land and natural resources. The payment to land as a resource is called rent. Mineral deposits, oil, natural gas, water, land.
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LABOR
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Mental and physical talents of people. The payment to labor is called wages
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CAPITAL
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Manufactured products used to produce other products. The payment to capital is called interest. Tractors, welding equipment, computers.
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ENTREPRENEURS
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Combine land, labor, and capital to produce goods and services. Risky. Profits received
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PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY
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When the mix of goods is produced at the lowest possible resource or opportunity cost
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ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY
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When the mix of goods and services produced is the most desired by society
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INVESTMENT IN HUMAN CAPITAL
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rather than increasing the number of people working, the labor factor is increased by improving workers' skills
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WAYS TO STIMULATE ECONOMIC GROWTH
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expanding resources, technological change (improvements)
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ABSOLUTE ADVANTAGE
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one country can produce more of a good than another country
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COMPARITIVE ADVANTAGE
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one country has a lower opportunity cost of producing a good than another country
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GAINS FROM TRADE
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result when a country specializes in the production of goods in which it has a comparative advantage, and trades these goods with another country
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INPUTS
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that which goes into the production process to create finished products: land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurial ability
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PPF
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production possibilities frontier; shows the combinations of two goods that are possible for a society to produce at full employment.
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OPPORTUNITY COST
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the cost paid for one product in terms of the output (consumption) of another product that must be forgone
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3 TYPES OF ECONOMY
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capitalist, socialist, communist