Alternatives that people face when making choices.
What are opportunity costs or trade-offs?
Land, water, timber, and other raw materials.
What are natural resources?
He was a philosopher who believed in the free market and the "invisible hand".
Who was Adam Smith?
A desire for material things or services that people are willing to pay for is...
What is a want?
Items that result from creative labor or ideas, such as songs, computer ideas, design concepts, etc.
What is intellectual property?
The division of tasks among workers by people doing the jobs they do best.
What is specialization?
What is the purpose of studying economics?
To learn to make better decisions
What is the first thing to understand about economics?
All goods and services have to be worked for.
As one's supply of a specific good or service increases, the satisfaction derived from each additional unit tends to decrease.
What is diminishing marginal utility?
An arrangement that allows buyers and sellers to exchange things.
What is a market?
An economy based on tradition, culture, and passed down from one generation to another.
What is a traditional economy?
True or False? There is NOT an unlimited supply of any good.
TRUE
Tastes and preferences, income, population, prices of related goods, and consumer expectations.
Five (5) key factors that can shift the demand curve.