Economic Words

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Here are some words worth knowing. These definitions came from the book Easy Economics.

Economics: The study of how people, alone or in groups, use available resources and of how goods and services are produced and distributed.

Capital Resources: Goods that are used to make other products or provide services. (tools)
Choice: The selection of one option or opportunity over all others.
Consumer: One who buys goods or services for personal or household use. The end-user of a product. (customer)
Demand: The amount of goods or services buyers are willing to purchase at different prices at a specific time
Economy: The system that a country uses to distribute its resources, goods, and services.
Goods: Things that are made or gathered from nature to use or to sell. (objects)
Human Resources: People or their special skills that are available to use in producing goods or providing services. (people's skills and ideas)
Market: A place or method where products are exchanged.
Natural Resources: What exists naturally and is available to use to produce goods and services. (not man-made, from nature)
Opportunity Cost: The single, best opportunity given up when a choice is made. (next best choice)
Producer: A person or business using available resources to make goods or provide services. (maker/creator)
Scarcity: Not having enough resources available to purchase or do all that one desires. (when there's not enough)
Services: Skills that people, alone or as businesses, sell to others. (something people or businesses do for you)
Specialization: To select or improve upon one skill or product.
Supply: The amount of goods or services available to sell at different prices at a specific time.
Trade: The exchange of goods and services using money or barter.

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