Scarcity v. Shortage
Factors of Production
Basic Economic Vocabulary
Economic Choices
Economic Current Events
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Temporarily out of something

Shortage

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People with all of their skills, efforts and abilities

Labor

100

A useful, tangible item

Good

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Another term for alternative choices

Trade-off

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What started economically in March of 2020?

Recession

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Unlimited wants for limited resources

Scarcity

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Gifts of nature or natural resources

Land

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A dishwasher is an example

Durable Good

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The next best alternative

Opportunity Cost

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Why was unemployment higher among the food and beverage industry in 2020?

People were afraid to eat out

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These are the three basic questions every society must answer

What to produce, How to produce, For whom to produce

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The tools, machinery and equipment used to make goods

Capital

300
A way to organize work so that each worker completes a separate task

Division of Labor

300

Guns vs. Butter is the analogy used to describe this concept

Product Possibilities Frontier

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What singular technological achievement gave a huge boost to the economy in 2021?

Vaccine

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What scarcity leads to

Choices

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Sara Blakely is an example

Entrepreneur

400

A math teacher or otolaryngologists are examples

Specialists

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Jillian wants to attend a four year university but the cost is too expensive.  She decides to attend community college instead rather than work full time to afford the four year university.  What's the opportunity cost?

Full time work

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What's the title given to the economic downturn of 2008-2009?

The Great Recession

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What does TINSTAAFL stand for?

There Is No Such Thing As A Free Lunch

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The dollar value of all goods and services produced by a country over the course of a year 

GDP (Gross Domestic Product)

500

The term when necessities have low monetary value and luxuries have high monetary value

Paradox of Value

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What's required to expand the production possibilities frontier?

Economic Growth

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What's the current unemployment rate within 0.4%?

5.4%