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Chapter 1 | ECON 221 - Microeconomics, Quizzes of Microeconomics

Class: ECON 221 - Microeconomics; Subject: Economics; University: California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo; Term: Fall 2010;

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TERM 1
Economy
DEFINITION 1
A system for coordinating society's productions
TERM 2
Economics
DEFINITION 2
The social science that studies the production, distribution
and consumption of goods and services.
TERM 3
Market Economy
DEFINITION 3
An economy in which decisions about production and
consumption are made by individual producers and
consumers.
TERM 4
Micro-Economics
DEFINITION 4
the branch of economics that studies how people make
decisions and how those decisions interact.
TERM 5
Market
Failure
DEFINITION 5
When the individual pursuit of self interest yields bad results
for society as a whole.
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Economy

A system for coordinating society's productions

TERM 2

Economics

DEFINITION 2

The social science that studies the production, distribution

and consumption of goods and services.

TERM 3

Market Economy

DEFINITION 3

An economy in which decisions about production and

consumption are made by individual producers and

consumers.

TERM 4

Micro-Economics

DEFINITION 4

the branch of economics that studies how people make

decisions and how those decisions interact.

TERM 5

Market

Failure

DEFINITION 5

When the individual pursuit of self interest yields bad results

for society as a whole.

Macro-Economics

the branch of economics that studies the overall ups and

downs of the economy.

TERM 7

Resource

DEFINITION 7

Anything that can be used to produce anything else

TERM 8

Opportunity Cost

DEFINITION 8

The real cost of anything; that's what you give up in order to

obtain it (time, other things that could be bought)

TERM 9

Trade-Off

DEFINITION 9

A comparison of the costs & benefits of doing something.

TERM 10

Marginal Analysis

DEFINITION 10

The study of Marginal Decisions; whether to do a bit more or

a bit less of an activity.