Microeconomics September Test

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Economics
studies how individuals, firms and governments make choices on allocating scarce resources to satisfy their unlimited want
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The Economic Problem
asserts that there is scarcity, or the finite resources available are insufficient to satisfy all human wants
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Factors of Production
the inputs used in the production process of goods/services
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Factor Incomes/Rewards
What you get in return for the use of your resource e.g. rent
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PPC
shows the maximum combination of two goods in a time period given all resources are fully and efficiently used
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Money
anything generally accepted my means of payment for the delivery of goods or for the settlement of debt
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Functions of money:
used as a medium of exchange, a unit of account and a store of value
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Characteristics
Portable, Acceptable, Divisible, Durable, Limited, Extremely hard to forge, Recognisable
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Exchange
process whereby goods or services are traded
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Specialisation
the concentration or workers, firms or economies on a narrow range of goods/services
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Division of Labour
the production process is divided into individual operations each performed by specialised workers
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Opportunity Cost
sacrifice, the cost of the next best alternative forgone
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Market Economy
this economic systems allocates resources through the market factors of supply and demand
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Consumer Goods
bought by individuals - durable or non-durable
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Capital Goods
bought by businesses to be used in the production of other goods
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asserts that there is scarcity, or the finite resources available are insufficient to satisfy all human wants

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The Economic Problem

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the inputs used in the production process of goods/services

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Card 4

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What you get in return for the use of your resource e.g. rent

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Card 5

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shows the maximum combination of two goods in a time period given all resources are fully and efficiently used

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