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TERMS OF TRADE: The quantity of one good that's given up to get another. Terms of trade is usually applied to foreign trade, although it's just as applicable to any sort of exchange. Terms of (foreign) trade are said to improve when one country gives up a relatively smaller quantity of their stuff to get a relatively larger quantity of another country's stuff. Terms of trade depend on the relative productivity of two countries and is reflected by exchange rates.
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Lesson 3: Scarcity | Unit 5: THE Problem
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An important aspect of scarcity is the fact that almost nothing is free.- That's why economists are fond of saying: 'There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
We have always faced limited resources and we've always wanted more than we can produce.- Scarcity is definitely THE Economic Problem.
- Everything we do from in economic terms-production, consumption, working, attending college-is directed toward this problem.
- Scarcity is important to many, perhaps even all, other human activities.
- Education? Without scarcity, education is not needed.
- Government? Without scarcity, government is not needed.
- What about vacations, religion, television?
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FREE RESOURCE A resource that can be used to produce consumer-satisfying goods and services without imposing an opportunity cost on society by preventing the production or consumption of other consumer-satisfying goods or services. Production using free resources often results in free goods.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time watching the shopping channel seeking to buy either a birthday greeting card for your grandfather or a weathervane with a cow on top. Be on the lookout for slow moving vehicles with darkened windows.
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"Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness." -- Martin Luther King, Jr., clergyman
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DJA
Dow Jones Averages
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