Across
- 2. restraining trade between countries through methods such as tariffs on imported goods
- 4. a political theory derived from Karl Marx
- 6. international trade left to its natural course without tariffs, quotas, or other restrictions
- 8. an American economist and statistician best known for his strong belief in free-market capitalism
- 10. broadest quantitative measure of a nation's total economic activity
- 12. an index of the variation in prices paid by typical consumers for retail goods and other items
- 16. hands off government
- 18. bottom point on graph
- 19. everyone is eligible to work
- 21. famous economist born in Vienna, Austria
- 23. an individual retirement account
- 25. measure of what an entity is worth
- 26. currency that a government has declared to be legal tender, but is not backed by a physical commodity
- 30. an increase in the value of one currency in terms of another
- 32. ability to produce a better quality good using the same resources
- 35. policy macroeconomic policy laid down by the central bank
- 37. allows business owners to measure the additional benefits of one production activity versus its costs
- 39. a situation when the price charged is more than or less than the equilibrium price
- 40. use of monetary or fiscal policy changes to kick start a lagging or struggling economy
- 43. known for Wealth of Nations
- 44. measure of average income per person in a country
- 45. complete control over imdustry
- 46. situation in which income exceeds expenditures
- 48. a state of limited competition
- 49. money granted to help an industry
- 50. measurement of "useful-ness" that a consumer obtains from any good
Down
- 1. the system by which the value of a currency was defined in terms of gold
- 3. used by economists to predict future economic activity
- 5. an agreement among the United States, Canada and Mexico designed to remove tariff barriers between the three countries
- 7. policy means by which a government adjusts its spending levels and tax rates to monitor and influence a nation's economy
- 9. also known as the "the Fed"
- 11. measures how efficiently production inputs
- 13. situation when the price charged is more than or less than the equilibrium price
- 14. when the demand for a product or service exceeds its supply in a market
- 15. if countries specialise in producing goods where they have a lower opportunity cost
- 17. government program guaranteeing access to some benefit by members of a specific group and based on established rights or by legislation
- 20. an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state
- 22. only global international organization
- 24. an economic system in which private business operates in competition and largely free of state control
- 27. resource that exceeds the portion that is utilized
- 28. advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole
- 29. smooth out the effects of expansion and contraction in the business cycle by using fiscal and monetary policy
- 31. the less amount of money allowed to get paid when working
- 33. the amount by which the cost of a country's imports exceeds the value of its exports
- 34. an account that is used to set aside funds to be used in an emergency
- 36. top point on graph
- 38. mass production
- 41. increase of progress
- 42. decline of progress
- 47. low supply