Foundations of Economics

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Scarcity
infinite wants, finite resources
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choice
how resources will be allocated because of finite resources
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opportunity cost
what you give up in order to have something else, movement along the curve
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basic economic problems
what, how, who
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factors of production
land. labor, capital, entrepreneurship
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production possibility curve
shows all possible combinations of two goods using resources efficiently at a given state of technology
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economic growth (actual growth)
increases output over time, moving towards the curve
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potential growth
will occur if the quality and quantity of the factors of production increase
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what ppc illustrates
scarcity, growth, inefficiency, opportunity cost,
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choice

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how resources will be allocated because of finite resources

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opportunity cost

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basic economic problems

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factors of production

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