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VALUE ADDED: The increase in the value of a good at each stage of the production process. The value that's being increased is specifically the ability of a good to satisfy wants and needs either directly as a consumption good or indirectly as a capital good. A good that provides greater satisfaction has greater value. In essence, the whole purpose of production is to transform raw materials and natural resources that have relatively little value into goods and services that have greater value.
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Lesson 1: Economic Basics | Unit 3: The Economy
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- How an economy is a system of rules, procedures, and institutions designed to address the problem of scarcity.
- How a mixed economy used the two methods of allocation--markets and government.
- The continuum of real world mixed economies that are bounded by the two theoretical extremes of a pure market economy and a pure command economy.
- The degree to which the mixed U.S. economy relies on markets and government to allocate resources.
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MARKET EFFICIENCY The notion that a competitive market automatically achieves an efficient allocation of resources by equating demand price with supply price and quantity demanded with quantity supplied. Market efficiency relies on the self-correction process that eliminates shortages or surpluses. It also presumes that the market is competitive and is not subject to market failures.
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YELLOW CHIPPEROON [What's This?]
Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at a crowded estate auction wanting to buy either a coffee cup commemorating the first day of spring or a printer that works with your stockpile of ink cartridges. Be on the lookout for florescent light bulbs that hum folk songs from the sixties. Your Complete Scope
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A half gallon milk jug holds about $50 in pennies.
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"Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative. " -- Cato, Roman orator
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ACRS Accelerated Cost Recovery System
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