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Section 1

(31 cards)

nonprice competition

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a way to attract customers through style, service, or location, but not a lower price

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demand deposit

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the money in checking accounts

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mandatory spending

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Required govt spending by permanent laws

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voluntary exchange

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the act of buyers and sellers freely and willingly engaging in market transactions

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merger

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when two or more companies join to form a single firm

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Withholding

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taking tax payments out of an employee's pay before he or she receives it

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public goods

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operating budget

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a budget for day-to-day spending needs

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circular flow model

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Macroeconomics

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The study of the economy as a whole

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imperfect competition

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occurs in markets that have few sellers or products that are not standardized

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Fed

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Equilibrium

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balance

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standardized product

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a product that consumers consider identical in all essential features to other products in the same market

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Externality

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an economic side effect of a good or service that generates benefits or costs to someone other than the person deciding how much to produce or consume

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Privitize

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to change from government or public ownership to private ownership

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authoritarian system

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a system of government that bases its rule on force rather than consent of the governed

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Deregulation

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The lifting of government restrictions on business, industry, and professional activities.

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free contract

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the concept that people may decide what agreements they want to enter into

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Adam Smith

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Scottish economist who wrote the Wealth of Nations a precursor to modern Capitalism.

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antitrust legislation

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Federal laws (starting with the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890) that try to prevent a monopoly from dominating an industry and restraining trade.

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Socialism

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A system in which society, usually in the form of the government, owns and controls the means of production.

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factors of production

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land, labor, capital

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marginal revenue

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the change in total revenue from an additional unit sold

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perfect competition

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the degree of competition in which there are many sellers in a market and none is large enough to dictate the price of a product

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Law of Supply

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producers offer more of a good as its price increases and less as its price falls

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total cost

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the sum of fixed and variable costs

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progressive tax

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A tax for which the percentage of income paid in taxes increases as income increases

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substitution effect

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when consumers react to an increase in a good's price by consuming less of that good and more of other goods

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commodity money

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objects that have value in themselves and that are also used as money

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supply

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The amount of goods available

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