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Basic Economic Concepts

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1 Basic Economic Concepts
Know 3 Economics Questions Know Factors of Production Know Basic Economic Vocabulary

2 3 Economic Questions What to Produce? How to Produce?
Whom to Produce For?

3 Factors of Production Land (Any Natural Resource) Labor (Workers)
Capital (Money, Machines, Tools) Entrepreneurship (Starter)

4 Economic Products Goods and services that are useful, scarce, and transferable Command a price because they are scarce

5 Services Worked performed by someone
Ex: Home repair, concerts, haircuts

6 Goods Consumer goods- Goods with final use by individuals
Capital goods- Goods that are used to produce other goods

7 Value and Paradox of Value
Value- Worth in dollars and cents Paradox of Value- Idea that necessary items may have very low value while unneeded items may have high value

8 Utility SATISFACTION

9 Wealth Accumulation of resources and things that are tangible in the economy

10 Economic Growth Occurs when nation’s total output increases over time

11 Division of Labor Divide labor so individual workers do fewer tasks then before Specialization- Workers begin to do tasks they do more efficiently

12 Scarcity Created from unlimited wants and needs and limited resources
Basic and Biggest Economic Problem

13 DO YOU KNOW? 3 Economics Questions??? 4 Factors of Production???
Terms like: Scarcity Division of Labor Economics Growth Paradox of Value Wealth


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