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economics may best be defines as the:
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social science concerned with how individuals, institutions, and society make optimal choices under conditions of scarcity.
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for economics the world utility means:
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pleasure of satisfaction
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Suppose ASUB decides to spend $1 milli to build a new building on the Ag farm rather than spend $1 milli to expand parking for students. this example illustrates:
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opportunity costs
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an example of purposeful behavior with businesses/firms is:
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having the rational goal of maximizing profits
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macroeconomics approaches the study of economics from the viewpoint of:
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the entire economy
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microeconomics is examining:
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an individual consumer, household, or industry.
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the scarcity problem:
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persists because economic wants exceeds available productive resources.
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which of the following is a labor resource:
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a teacher
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which of the following is a capital resource?
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a computer used by a firm.
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the four factors of production are:
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land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurial ability
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money is not an economic resource because:
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money, as such, does not produce anything
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an economic system
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is a particular set of institutional arrangements and a coordinating mechanism used to respond and solve economic problems and situations.
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economic systems differ according to which two main characteristics?
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who owns the factors of production, and the methods used to coordinate economic activity.
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advanced technology and capital goods are encouraged because:
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the promote fast, more efficient production of goods and services.
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all of the following occur in a market system except ______
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central planners coordinate and direct economic activity
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private property encourages all except:
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competition
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a market:
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is an institution that brings together buyers and sellers
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the law of demand states that, other things equal:
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price and quantity demanded are inversely related
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which statement best illustrates the concept of diminishing marginal utility?
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a typical consumer will receive less satisfaction from consuming the fourth hamburger per week than the third hamburger per week.
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the law of supply indicates that, other things equal:
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producers will offer more of a product at high prices than at low prices.