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Ch. 2 Thinking Like an Economist
for exam 1
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Economics
Undergraduate 1
02/07/2011

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circular flow diagram
Definition

a visual model of teh economy that shows how dollars flow through markets among households and firms

firms produce goods and servies using inputs such as labor, land, and capital (buildings and machines). these inputs are called factors of production

households own the factors of production and consume all the goods and services firms produce

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markets for goods and services
Definition
househlds are buyers and firms are sellers. specifically, households buy the output of goods and services that firms produce
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markets for factors of production
Definition
households are sellers and firms are buyers. households provide the inputs that firms use to produce goods ad services
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production possibilities frontier
Definition
a graph that shows the combinations of output that the economy can possibly produce fiven the availlable factors of production and the available
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microeconomics
Definition
the study of how households and firms make decision and how they interact in markets
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macroeconomics
Definition
the study of economywide phenomena, including inflation, unemployment, and economic group
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positive statement
Definition
claims that attempt to describe teh world as it is
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