A | B |
economics | study of how things are made, bought, sold and used |
resources | factors of production;land, labor, capital, entrepreneur |
choice | selecting an item from a set of alternatives |
price | amount of money exchanged for goods/services |
demand | amount of good/service consumers are willing to buy at a certain price |
supply | amount of good/service producers are will to make at a certain price |
supply & demand | their interaction determinds the market price |
opportunity cost | what is given up when a choice is made |
incentive | something that incites or motivates |
scarcity | the inability to satisfy all wants at the same time |
production | combining of factors of production in order to make a good/service |
consumption | using goods/services |
land | natural resources |
labor | human effort to make a good/service |
capital | money, tools, machines, factories used to make a good/service |
entrepreneur | risk taker; boss |