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ABSOLUTE ADVANTAGE: The general ability to produced more goods using fewer resources. This idea of absolute advantage is important for trading that occurs between both people and nations. A nation can get an absolute advantage from an advanced level of technology or higher quality resources. For a person, an absolute advantage can result from natural abilities or the acquisition of human capital (education, training, or experience).
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Lesson 21: Factor Demand | Unit 1: Factor Markets
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- A review the four basic resources included in factor markets:
- Labor: This is the human effort, both physical and mental, used in production.
- Capital: This is the machines, equipment, tools, and buildings used in production.
- Land: This is the raw materials or natural resources that make up the good produced.
- Entrepreneurship: This is the risk-taking organizers of production.
- Once again, it is worth emphasizing that factor markets trade the services of these assorted resources.
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AGGREGATE SUPPLY DECREASE, LONG-RUN AGGREGATE MARKET A shock to the long-run aggregate market caused by a decrease in aggregate supply, resulting in and illustrated by a leftward shift of the long-run aggregate supply curve. A decrease in aggregate supply in the long-run aggregate market results in an increase in the price level and a decrease in real production. The level of real production resulting from the shock is a smaller level of full-employment real production.
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