Across |
3. | the financial gain made in a transaction |
10. | economic system that relies on habit, custom, or ritual to decide questions |
12. | government programs that protect people experiencing bad times |
15. | sell state-run firms to individuals |
18. | economic system in which a central government makes all decisions on the production and consumption of goods and services |
20. | the most desirable alternative given up as the result of a decision |
21. | using resources in such a way as to maximize the production of goods and services |
22. | an organization that uses resources to produce a product, which it then sells |
23. | limited quantities of resources to meet unlimited wants |
24. | social and political philosophy based on the belief that democratic means should be used to evenly distribute wealth throughout a society |
25. | the power of consumers to decide what gets produced |
27. | ambitious leader who combines land, labor, and capital to create and market new goods and services |
29. | any human-made resource that is used to create other goods and services |
30. | economics system in which decisions on production and consumption of goods are based on voluntary exchange in markets |
33. | market in which firms purchase the factors of production from households |
36. | Necessary for survival |
37. | range with no clear divisions |
38. | Government generally should not intervene in the marketplace |
39. | private or corporate ownership of capital goods; determined by private decision |
40. | an expectation that encourages people to behave in a certain way |
41. | requiring strict obedience to an authority, such as a dictator |
42. | how people seek to satisfy their needs and wants by making choices |
43. | a political system characterized by a centrally planned economy with all economic and political power resting in the hands of the central goverment |
44. | physical objects such as clothing or shoes |