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ECONOMICS - VOCABULARY

VOCABULARY FROM ECONOMIC CONCEPTS AND SYSTEMS

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the amount of a good or service that is desiredDEMAND
a book written by Karl Marx that attacked capitalism and urged workers to revolt against itCOMMUNIST MANIFESTO
the amount of a good or service that is produced for saleSUPPLY
a special tax paid to the government to insure retirement and other benefitsSOCIAL SECURITY TAX
the amount of money that is needed to make a product or provide a serviceCOST
a tax paid on purchasesSALES TAX
the amount of money that is needed to purchase a product or servicePRICE
a tax paid on the estimated value of a person's propertyPROPERTY TAX
the lost opportunity to use a resource in a different wayOPPORTUNITY COST
an economic benefit that comes directly from someone's laborSERVICE
the method that the government uses to charge the public for its servicesTAXATION
the economic system that is based on private ownership of the means of production, profit and competitionCAPITALISM
a tax paid on a person's earningsINCOME TAX
an economic system that the government does not control (capitalism)FREE MARKET SYSTEM
when property is owned by individuals or groups of peoplePRIVATE OWNERSHIP
the economic system that is the final stage of socialism and the government plans what to buy and sellCOMMUNISM
when the property is owned by the government for all of the people in the societyPUBLIC OWNERSHIP
an economic system where the means of production is owned by the government and the government plans what to buy and sellSOCIALISM
when the government decides what goods and services will be produced to satisfy the needs of societyGOVERNMENT PLANNING
anything that is useful or needed to reach a goalRESOURCE
when there are unlimited wants and limited resourcesSCARCITY
business's desire to make money by selling goods or providing servicesPROFIT MOTIVE
when there are more than one producer of the same productCOMPETITION
it is what is left over when you subtract the cost of a product or service from its pricePROFIT
people or countries that depend on each other for goods and servicesINTERDEPENDENT
something that is produced (a product)GOOD


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