Economics

3. require the payment of (a specified sum of money) before it can be acquired or done
5. an open space or covered building where vendors convene to sell their goods.
6. workers, especially manual workers, considered collectively.
8. the part of economics concerned with large-scale or general economic factors, such as interest rates and national productivity.
10. the process of discovering new ways of combining resources.
11. the using up of a resource.
14. an economic system in which production and prices are determined by unrestricted competition between privately owned businesses.
15. a financial gain, especially the difference between the amount earned and the amount spent in buying, operating, or producing something.
16. a factor, especially a financial disadvantage that tends to discourage people from doing something.
18. the branch of knowledge concerned with the production, consumption, and transfer of wealth.
20. the action of sharing something out among a number of recipients.
21. an expanse of land; an area of ground, especially in terms of its ownership or use.

1. are resources that are the building blocks of the economy.
2. the part of economics concerned with single factors and the effects of individual decisions.
4. the state of being scarce or in short supply; shortage.
7. an advantage or profit gained from something
9. a payment or concession to stimulate greater output or investment
12. the loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative is chosen
13. the action of making or manufacturing from components or raw materials, or the process of being so manufactured.
14. relating to or situated at the edge or margin of something.
17. the action of buying and selling goods and services
19. the most important city or town of a country or region, usually its seat of government and administrative center.