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Chapter 2 Section 4 Govt.
Economic Theories
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9th Grade
12/14/2008

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Term
economics
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the study of human efforts to satisfy seemingly unlimited wants through the use of limited resources
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capitalism
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an economic system providing free choice and individual incentive for workers, incentives, consumers, and business enterprises
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free market
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economic system in which buyers and sellers make free choices in the marketplace
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laissez-faire
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the philosophy that governemnt should keep its hands off the economy
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socialism
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an economic system in which the government owns the basic means of production,distributes the products and wages, and provides social services such as healthcare and welfare
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bourgeosie
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capitalists who own the means of production
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proletariat
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workers who produce the goods
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communism
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an economic system in which the central government directs all major economic decisions
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command economy
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an economic system in which the governemnt controls the factors of production
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