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environment and society trade off decision making APES

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abatement costcost of reducing something like pollution
balance of tradethe way people look at a nations trading. if expoting is exceeding importing the trade is considered faverable if other wayn around trade in unfavorable.
capitalwealth in the form of money, natural - goods and services, human or cultural - experiece or knowlge, technology and shared values and cooperation.
capitalistic market economyan economic system where goods are produced and distributed by a private good.
cost benifit analysisan attempt to assign value to a resouce (benefit) vs.impact to the society. effect and outcome
demandthe amount of a good that people want. by price income substitutes complements and consumer taste.
deregulationthe removal of a government regulation to allow the market to function properly
direct costthe total cost that is associated with the company. cost for clean up.
durable goodsgoods that provide a service over a number of years
econimic resoucesraw materials and materials that are obtained from the environment to meet himan needs.
effluent fees, effluent taxestaxes of fines levied on polluters for every unit of production discharged into the air
developed countrya cpintry that has a high rate of industrialization
environmental indictatorsare from many things demographics agriculture forest diogiversity energy.
external costsharmfull effects of a product not including its market price
gross domestic productthe total market value in current dollar value for all goods and services produced within a country
gross national productthe total market value in current dollar value for all goods and services produced within andand outside of that countrey including all neyt income earned abroad.
internal costsdirect costs that are from buying the produst. cost of making the product.
law of demandthe principle that consumera are willing to purchase more of a comodity at lower prices than at higher prices
law of supplythe producer will sell more at a higher price than lower price
law of demand and suppplythat the law and demand and supply work together. is a equilibrium.
less developed countriescountry that has a low to moderate rate of industrialization
market economya decentralized economic system wherein buyers and sellers interact to set prices and demand
pollution coststhe effects of this product when in use. how much harm is done producing and using the product.
subsidymoney paid to a producer by the government becuase that producer has created a good that is of pulic interest to the government and does not harm the enviornment.


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