EPF
- Scarcity : Limited resources vs. unlimited wants
- Opportunity Cost : Next-best alternative given up
- Trade-Off : Gaining one benefit by sacrificing another
- Traditional Economy : Based on customs & traditions
- Command Economy : Gov't decides all production
- Market Economy : Individuals/businesses decide via supply & demand
- Mixed Economy : Blend of market & gov't control
- Resource Allocation : How scarce resources are distributed
- Factors of Production : Inputs used in economics to create goods and services
- Market Structure : Organization of markets & competition
- Perfect Competition : Many sellers identical products
- Monopolistic Competition : Many sellers varied products
- Oligopoly : Few firms dominate
- Monopoly : One firm controls market
- Barriers to Entry : Obstacles for new firms
- Law of Demand : Price↓ → Demand↑
- Law of Supply : Price↑ → Supply↑
- Demand Curve : Graph of price vs. demand
- Supply Curve : Graph of price vs. supply
- Equilibrium Price : Price where demand = supply
- Equilibrium Quantity : Amount at equilibrium price
- Surplus : Too much supply low demand
- Shortage : Too much demand low supply
- Shifts in Demand/Supply : External factor shifts curve
- Elasticity : Shows how buyers/sellers actions change
- Elastic : A small price change causes a big shift in amount
- Inelastic : The amount changes very little even if the price jumps
- Complementary Good : Products that are used together
- Substitute Good : Products used in place of each other
- Production Possibilities Frontier : A graph that shows the maximum amount of two things that an economy or a person can make