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Economics - Chapter 2 Vocabulary

Created By: Joseph and Jennifer


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Public propertygood owned by government
incentivemotivates a person to do something
total revenuethe price of a good times the number of units the good sold
ethicsprinciples of right and wrong
private goodbenefits denied to anyone except the owner
householdeconomic unit that sells resources and buys goods andservices
contractagreement between people to do something
profitamount of moner left over after all the costs of production have been paid
freeriderspeople who get benefits of a good without paying for it
public goodgood or product whose benefits are for all people
loss total cost is greater that total revenue
private propertyany good that is owned by an individual or a business
total cost average cost of a good, times the number of units the good sold