Ch 3: Economics Terms
Across
- 3. The study of how societies use scarce resources to produce valuable goods and services and distribute them among different people
- 4. Combination of market and government intervention
- 5. Ways in which products or services satisfy consumer needs
- 6. Percentage of labor force without jobs
- 10. market structure with Many sellers, identical products
- 11. A signal that coordinates buyers and sellers
- 12. Cost of borrowing money
- 14. demand for a product or service is greater than the quantity supplied at the market price
- 16. The next best alternative given up when making a choice
- 18. Where supply and demand intersect
- 19. Based on customs and traditions
- 20. Output per unit of input
- 21. Limited resources vs. unlimited wants
- 22. Private ownership and free markets
Down
- 1. Rivalry between businesses for customers
- 2. market structure with Many sellers, differentiated products
- 7. market structure with few sellers, high barriers to entry
- 8. market structure with one seller, no close substitutes
- 9. an amount that is more than what is needed or required
- 13. As price increases, quantity supplied increases
- 15. General increase in prices over time
- 17. As price increases, quantity demanded decreases