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What is the basis for making tradeoffs?
What is the basis for making tradeoffs?
- Marginal cost
- Opportunity cost (correct)
- Comparative advantage
- Specialization
What is dynamic comparative advantage?
What is dynamic comparative advantage?
- The ability to produce more with the same resources
- The ability to gain an advantage through learning and specialization (correct)
- The pursuit of trade and specialization by countries
- The ability to gain an advantage through property rights and markets
What is scarcity?
What is scarcity?
- A condition where resources are abundant
- A condition where resources are insufficient to satisfy people's wants (correct)
- A condition where resources are equally distributed
- A condition where resources are unlimited
What is used to determine the level of production?
What is used to determine the level of production?
What is the fundamental economic problem?
What is the fundamental economic problem?
Which countries pursued dynamic comparative advantage?
Which countries pursued dynamic comparative advantage?
What does efficient use of resources mean?
What does efficient use of resources mean?
What is economics?
What is economics?
What is the function of property rights in trade?
What is the function of property rights in trade?
How is trade organized?
How is trade organized?
How is economic growth measured?
How is economic growth measured?
Which of the following is NOT a category of resources?
Which of the following is NOT a category of resources?
What is the production possibility frontier (PPF)?
What is the production possibility frontier (PPF)?
How is intellectual property protected?
How is intellectual property protected?
What are the two factors that influence economic growth?
What are the two factors that influence economic growth?
What leads to gains from trade?
What leads to gains from trade?
What is the relationship between economic growth and scarcity?
What is the relationship between economic growth and scarcity?
What is comparative advantage?
What is comparative advantage?
Why must we make choices?
Why must we make choices?
What causes differences in opportunity costs?
What causes differences in opportunity costs?
What is the most accurate definition of tradeoffs?
What is the most accurate definition of tradeoffs?
What is the relationship between resources and the production possibility frontier (PPF)?
What is the relationship between resources and the production possibility frontier (PPF)?
Why do not all individuals excel in every activity?
Why do not all individuals excel in every activity?
What does comparative advantage lead to?
What does comparative advantage lead to?
What is the goal of economic decision making?
What is the goal of economic decision making?
Study Notes
- Economic growth does not liberate us from scarcity.
- Scarcity is a condition where resources are insufficient to satisfy people's wants.
- The fundamental economic problem is to use limited resources to produce the items that we value most highly.
- Economics is the study of the choices people make to cope with scarcity.
- Resources are grouped into four categories: labor, land, capital, and entrepreneurship.
- Our wants are effectively unlimited.
- We must make choices and rank our wants to get the most out of our resources.
- The production possibility frontier (PPF) is the boundary between attainable and unattainable combinations of goods and services.
- Tradeoffs arise in every imaginable real-world situation.
- We are limited in what we can produce, defining a boundary between what we can attain and what we cannot attain.
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Test your knowledge of basic economic concepts with this quiz! From scarcity to the production possibility frontier, this quiz covers the fundamental principles of economics. Challenge yourself to understand the choices we make to cope with scarcity and how we allocate resources to produce the items we value most highly. With 10 questions covering key concepts such as labor, land, capital, entrepreneurship, and tradeoffs, you'll have the chance to demonstrate your understanding of the economic world around us.
