Goods
- consumer goods- goods intended for final use
- capital goods- items used in the creation of other goods
Services-work that is being performed by someone else
Factors of production
- Land- natural resources
- Labor- work force
- Capital- Human capital: Knowledge and skill a worker gains through experience. Physical capital: human made objects used to create other goods and services
- Entrepreneurship- risk takers and intensive
The most desirable alternative given up by making a decision.
Production Possibilities
Production possibilities Graph- Shows alternative ways to use resources
PPF- production possibility frontier
PPC-production possibility curve
Productive Efficiency Vs. Allocative Efficiency
- Productive Efficiency-produce resource at the lowest cost. At any point on the curve
- Allocative Efficiency-combination of most desired by society.\
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