Across
- 2. smith Founder of modern economics
- 4. failure Occurs when people who are not part of a marketplace interaction, benefit from it
- 6. The willingness and ability to purchase a good or service
- 10. A side effect of a product that effects someone other than the producer or the consumer
- 11. possibilities curve A graph used by economists to show the impact of scarcity on an economy
- 12. The study of how individuals and societies satisfy their unlimited wants, with limited resources
- 13. marx A German philosopher, historian and economist
- 16. economics Involves judgements of what economic behaviour ought to be
- 18. of demand A measure of how responsive consumers are to price changes
- 20. rider A person who avoids paying for a good or service, but still benefits from said good or service anyways
- 21. goods Products provided by all levels of governance and consumed by the public as goods
- 25. Goods and Services that can be used in place of each other
- 26. Producing the maximum amount of goods and services possible
- 28. A financial gain that a seller makes from a business transaction
- 29. The study of the economy as a whole, concerning large-scale economic activity
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- 1. Goods that are used together, so a rise in demand for one, increases the demand for the other
- 3. The study of individuals, families and businesses in an economy
- 4. economy An economic system in which individual choice direct economic decisions
- 5. economy An economic system in which people live by customs, handed down from previous generations
- 7. payments Transfers of income between two individuals, even though the receiver does not provide anything in return
- 8. Involves all actions sellers do to get the buyers to purchase their products
- 9. The fourth factor, in the Four Factors of Production
- 14. Demand is elastic if quantity demanded changes significantly as price changes
- 15. Demand is inelastic if quantity demanded changes little as price changes
- 17. In economic terms, everything an individual owns
- 19. net Government programs designed to protect people from economic hardship
- 22. goods Goods that consumers demand less of when their income increases
- 23. A government payment that helps cover the cost of an economic activity that may benefit the public as a whole
- 24. All the goods and services that are necessary for the functioning of society
- 27. economy An economic system where the government makes all economic decisions
