Economics Topic 2
Across
- 4. the principle that everyone has the same legal rights
- 11. a period of change in which a nation moves from one economic system to another
- 12. the process of selling businesses or services operated by the government to individual investors, and then allowing them to compete in the marketplace
- 14. the struggle among producers for the dollars of consumers
- 15. government aid to the poor
- 16. love of one’s country
- 18. property that is owned by individuals or companies, not by the government or the people as a whole
- 19. the amount of money a business receives in excess of its expenses
- 21. an economic side effect of a good or service that generates benefits or costs to someone other than the person deciding how much to produce or consume
- 22. a person or group of people living in a single residence
- 26. another name for a centrally planned economy
- 27. the study of economic behavior and decision-making in small units, such as households and firms
- 28. economic system that has some market-based elements and some level of government involvement
Down
- 1. a set of government programs that protect people who face unfavorable economic conditions
- 2. a political system in which the government owns and controls all resources and means of production and makes all economic decisions
- 3. the income people receive in return for supplying factors of production
- 5. the part of the economy that involves the transactions of the government
- 6. the incentive that drives individuals and business owners to improve their material well-being
- 7. a government license that grants an author exclusive rights to publish and sell creative works
- 8. any arrangement that allows buyers and sellers to exchange things
- 9. describes a form of government that limits individual freedoms and requires strict obedience from its citizens
- 10. the principle that people may decide what agreements they want to enter into
- 13. the process of bringing new methods, products, or ideas into use
- 17. an organization that uses resources to produce a product or service, which it then sells
- 20. the basic facilities that are necessary for a society to function and grow
- 23. the study of economic behavior and decision-making in a nation’s whole economy
- 24. a government license that gives the inventor of a new product the exclusive right to produce and sell it
- 25. a range of economic and political systems based on the belief that wealth should be distributed evenly throughout a society