A | B |
Economics | the study of how things are bought & sold |
supply | the amount of a good producers are willing to sell |
demand | the amount of a good consumers are willing to buy |
traditional economy | economy is based on what has been done in the past |
command economy | the government controls wages and businesses |
opportunity cost | what is given up when a choice is made |
free market | free enterprise, consumer sovereignty |
mixed economy | the economy of most of the world |
factors of production | land, labor, capital, entrepreneurs |
incentives | what motivates a person to buy |
entrepreneur | the person who takes the risks to start a business |
equillibrium price | the price where demand and supply meet |
producers | those who make goods & services |
consumers | those who buy goods and services |
people used to make a product | labor |