why did mother Teresa not care about money
God would take care of whatever was important
why do some pastors rarely visit the weak or poor in their flock
they have no money
economics is
the study of how individuals, families, businesses, and societies use limited resources to fulfill unlimited needs
economics is the ____ that deals with _____
social science
distribution, production, and consumption of goods and services
wants
everything other than basic survival needs
scarcity
the result of our limited resources, and the basic problem of economics
goods
tangible items people buy
services
activities done for others for a fee
factors of production
the resources needed to produce goods and services
trade-off
give up one thing to do something else
opportunity cost
the value of the next best alternative that was forfeited because you chose something else
4 factors of production
land labor entrepreneurs, capital
guns versus butter
production of defense or basic needs, government and individual must decide how much of things to produce, highest profit with limited resources
3 basic questions any economic system is faced with answering
what and how much to produce
for whom to produce
how to produce it
in a traditional economic system, what are decisions based on
customs and beliefs
in a command economy, who controls the factors of production
government leaders
in a command economy, who decides salaries
government leaders
what is an advantage of a command economy
speed with which resources can be rerouted
examples of command economies today
Venezuela, laos, cuba
another term for market economy
capitalism
in a market economy, who controls the factors of production
private individuals
disadvantage of market economy
old and sick left out
what kind of economic system do most countries in the world have today
mixed
according to the index of economic freedom, what country is the most free
singapore