Economic Jumble
Scarcity and The Science of Economics
Our Economic Choices
Using Economic Models
Random Facts from the Chapter
100

LAVUE

What is Value?

100

The problem of scarcity forces us to make these. 

What are choices?

100

Land, Labor, Capital, Entrepreneurial Talent

What are the factors of production?

100

An economic model that shows the interactions between businesses and households. 

What is the Circular Flow Model?

100

Economic activity turned Dave the cow into this delicious product.

What is a Hot Dog?

200

RATED-FSOF

What are Trade-Offs?

200

The value of a good or service depends on its scarcity and this measure of usefulness. 

What is utility?

200

These individuals play the important role of organizing the factors of production into productive efforts.

Who are Entrepreneurs? 

200

Investing in human resources can lead to this boost in economic output. 

What is Productivity?

200

In Monopoly, it is the Amount of cash a player receives from passing go. 

What is $200?

300

MAAD IMTSH

Who is Adam Smith?

300

Economics states that all societies face these three questions. 

What are "What to produce", "How to produce", and "For whom to produce"?

300

Any point inside the PPF curve represents this type of production.

What is inefficient production?

300

A graph showing the maximum possible combinations of two goods an economy can produce, illustrating tradeoffs and efficiency.

What is a production possibilities frontier?

300

Brazil's leading export. 

What are Soy Beans?

400

CEPSLAIAZINOIT

What is Specialization?

400

Economists use this clever acronym to remind us that economic cost always exists. 

What is TINSTAAFL?

400

The PPF model illustrates this economic term very well. 

What is Opportunity Cost?

400

Division of Labor will create greater productivity but also lead to this global development. 

What is Economic Interdependence? 

400

Adam Smith was an economist from this part of the United Kingdom. 

Where is Scotland?

500

LINMARAG SISANALY

What is Marginal Analysis? 

500

This popular production metric illustrates economics' ability to describe economic activity. 

What is Gross Domestic Product?

500

Labor includes physical as well as this abstract form of effort. 

What is Mental Effort?

500

This type of thinking considers costs, benefits, and incentives to make rational decisions at the margin.

What is economic thinking?

500

The amount of coffee Americans drink daily.

What is 400,000,000 cups?

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