A person who assumes financial risks to start a new business and to try new ideas.
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Currency
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A certain type of money.
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Corporation
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Seen as its own person but the owners are liable for the amount of money that is invested.
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Partnership
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They share liability debts and profits with shared decision making.
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Diversity
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It is to make diverse deposits rather than depositing everything in one spot which gives a higher chance of losing your money.
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Limited Liability
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A bit more complicated than sole proprietor and partnership.
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Monopoly
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Market structure where a single business dominates a product or service.
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Demand(D)
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The "whole curve" - overall demand for a good service at all prices.
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Real Interest Rate
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Take the nominal and subtract rate of inflation.
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Budget
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A way to prudent about spending habits.
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Barter
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Having to trade items without the use of money.
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Certificate of Deposit
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A savings amount that is issued for a set period, it makes better money than Traditional.
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Futures
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Bets on the future price of an item which is the riskiest investment out of all of them.
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Sole Proprietor
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Single owner of a business.
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Indirect Tax
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Like sales taxes collected from goods or service. Sellers submit to government.
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Fiat Currency
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Money the government declares that is legal.
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Standard
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Consistent in numerical measurement.
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Counterfeit
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People who make copies of money.
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Opportunity Cost
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Think of it as opportunity lost because it is the most valuable thing to trade-off.
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Scarcity
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Compels us to make choices that we want which is something that we end up lacking like money or time.
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Bonds
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Given to a company.
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Adjustable Rate
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Interest rate that periodically changes (initial is lower than a fixed rate).
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Flat Tax
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A proportional income tax system.
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HUNT
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Harness your vision
Underestimate the roadblocks
Network
Take the first step
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What are the four factors of production?
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Land, Labor, Entrepreneurship, and Capital.
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Money Market Account
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A savings account that offers a higher rate of return of exchange that are larger than normal. This account doesn't make a lot of money but it's more than traditional.
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Monopolistically Competitive
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Market structure where many businesses produce similar but not exactly the same products.
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Demand Schedule
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Lists prices and the quantity demanded.
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Measure of Value
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The worth of an item.
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Supply
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The total amount of a good or service available for purchase which supplies all of the prices.
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Equilibrium Point
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Indicates price which is the point on the graph where the lines for supply and demand intersect.
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ROTTEN
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Resource: cost & availability
Other goods
Taxes, subsidies & government regulation
Technology
Expectations of the producer
Number of firms in an industry
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Economics
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The study of how people get goods and services they need and want. It is about the choices that they make.
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Factors of Production
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All of the resources necessary to create a good or service.
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Direct Tax
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Pay directly to the government. Income tax is direct, much more complicated withholding estimates how much you earn.
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Fixed Rate
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A loan in which interest rate and implied amount doesn't change over the life of the loan.
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Traditional Savings
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Funds deposited in a bank can be withdrawn at will. Don't make a lot of money.
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Mutual Funds
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Shares of ownership in a group of companies that requires a minimum amount of money to invest.
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Macroeconomics
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Looks at the BIG picture of economics like communities, nations, and global decision making.
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TRIBE
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Taste & preferences
Related goods & services
Income
Buyers
Expectations of price
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Law of Diminishing
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Each unit consumed gives less satisfaction
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Marginal Tax Rates
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People who fall into the 25% do not a quarter of their income tax.
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Progressive Tax
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Also helps with concerns over the distribution of wealth.
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Quantity Demand(QD)
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A specific point on the curve that shows how much will be purchased at a specific price. (When price changes QD changes)
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Stocks
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Shares in a single company that makes the most money in a long period of time.
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Defined Contribution Plan
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A retirement plan where an employer, employee or both can contribute in a deposit.
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Store of Value
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Money holds its value wherever it is.
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Medium of Exchange
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Accepted in exchange for another item.
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Microeconomics
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Looks at the smaller picture of economics like individuals, small businesses.
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Section 2
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Natural Monopoly
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Occurs when it is able to take advantage over the other parties because it already has infrastructure.
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Variable
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Costs that vary with production quantity.
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Traditional Economy
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Local leaders are most significant in the village or town life because they produce what is needed in the community.
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Growth
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Increases overall output of the country's economic goods over time and increases standard of living.
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Monetary Policy
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Actions that affect the money supply to meet economic goals.
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Oligopoly
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Market dominated by a few producers who may work together to influence market prices.
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Trough
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Opposite of a peak, the transition from a contraction to an expansion phase and this the worst point in a period of decline.
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Freedom
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Extent of personal choice and ability to enter, compete, and exchange in markets to protect personal property.
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Marginal Cost Analysis
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Economic technique that determines the change in production cost with the addition of one unit of a product.
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Horizontal Consolidation
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Similar businesses combined into one company.
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Expansionary
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Increase of employment, economic growth and pressure on Price.
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Free Market
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Government doesn't involve itself in the economy in any way.
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Law of Diminishing Returns
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At some point, it adds resources that result in less output per additional unit or product.
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Surplus
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Measurement of income that exceeds expenses of funds.
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Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
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A total value of all goods and services produced within a country's borders.
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Karl Marx
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Believed that capitalism was flawed and that having a socialist government would create better results.
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Marginal Cost
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Cost of producing additional units of a good or service.
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Marginal Revenue
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Revenue gained with production of one additional good or service.
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Federal Debt
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Total amount government owes to purchasers of government securities likes treasury bonds.
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Vertical Consolidation
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A firm attempts to bring together all of the processes in creating a production together under one company.
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Mixed Economy
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Leaders seek to combine individual initiative and progress with the protection of the government.
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Money Supply
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The total amount of money available in the national economy.
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Efficiency
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Maximizing the use of resources in a society's production.
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Command Economy
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Government chooses goods and services to produce
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Security
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Extent to which citizens of a society are able to provide their own materialistic well-being even in the time of a crisis.
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Gross National Product (GNP)
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Total value of goods and services American companies produce.
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Equity
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Extent to which citizens of a society have equal opportunities to share in the country's overall wealth.
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James Maynard Keynes
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Believed in capitalism and that the system could be most efficient and protected from negative consequences.
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Non-Price Competition
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To attract customers by using emotions and social values to compete on more than just prices.
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Peak
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Turning point where production reaches the highest current level.
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Adam Smith
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Believed that taxation at the minimum needed to support the operation of government and the amount should be based on a person's ability to pay.
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Fiscal Policy
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Government use of taxing and spending to meet economic goals.
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Shortage
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Creates the ability to not be able to keep up with demand from consumers.
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Contractionary
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A period of negative growth or decline.
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Purely Competitive
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Easy to get in and out of, the consumers know just as much as the producers across the market about certain products.
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Aggregate
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Total combination of data from various economic sectors.