Economic Terms

3. Supply, the currency and other liquid instruments in a country's economy on the date measured.
4. tangible things that are produced, bought or sold, then finally consumed.
6. economics, using the tools of economics to analyze urban issues such as crime, education, public transit, housing, and local government finance.
8. balance of trade, an excess of commodity imports over commodity exports.
11. a transaction in which no physical goods are transferred from the seller to the buyer.
12. Proliferation, the spread of nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons technology, or fissile material to countries that do not already possess them.
15. Trade, trade which is conducted between different countries.
18. policy of protecting domestic industries against foreign competition by tariffs, subsidies, or other restrictions placed on the imports of foreign competitors.
19. growth, an increase in the amount of goods and services produced per head of the population over a period of time.

1. an economic practice by which governments used their economies to augment state power at the expense of other countries.
2. of mass destruction, a chemical, biological or radioactive weapon capable of causing widespread death and destruction.
3. the study of economics on a larger scale; domestically on the entire country or foreign.
5. the rate at which the value of a currency is falling and consequently the general level of prices for goods and services is rising.
7. institutions, organizations helping to set the international agenda, mediating political bargaining, and providing a place for political initiatives.
9. the study of economics on a smaller scale; such as a village.
10. the number of people who don't have a job who are actively searching for one.
13. conflict, conflict between religions because of inflexibility and intolerance in the face of other beliefs.
14. balance of trade, an excess of commodity exports over commodity imports.
16. conflict, a form of conflict in which the objectives of at least one party are defined in ethnic terms
17. Economics, the allocation of goods and resources for promoting social welfare.