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What does the given text primarily consist of?
What does the given text primarily consist of?
What is the purpose of the text?
What is the purpose of the text?
What is the primary language of the text?
What is the primary language of the text?
What is the tone of the text?
What is the tone of the text?
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What is the intended audience of the text?
What is the intended audience of the text?
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What is the overall structure of the text?
What is the overall structure of the text?
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What is the surplus funds which remains after all expenses have been covered called?
What is the surplus funds which remains after all expenses have been covered called?
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Which term refers to the physical and mental contribution of individuals to the creation of goods and services?
Which term refers to the physical and mental contribution of individuals to the creation of goods and services?
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What is the system within a country which determines the production, exchange, and consumption of goods and services?
What is the system within a country which determines the production, exchange, and consumption of goods and services?
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Which characteristic defines public goods?
Which characteristic defines public goods?
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What is the act of combining land, labour, and capital to establish a profitable venture known as?
What is the act of combining land, labour, and capital to establish a profitable venture known as?
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Which term refers to the tangible products that have been produced?
Which term refers to the tangible products that have been produced?
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What is the exchange of one good/service for another known as?
What is the exchange of one good/service for another known as?
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Which term refers to the social arrangement pursuing collective goals such as the production of goods and services?
Which term refers to the social arrangement pursuing collective goals such as the production of goods and services?
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What is any final good used for some purpose known as?
What is any final good used for some purpose known as?
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What does the term 'specialisation' refer to in economics?
What does the term 'specialisation' refer to in economics?
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Study Notes
Business Concepts and Definitions
- Enterprise: Refers to taking risks in establishing a business.
- Entrepreneurship: The act of combining land, labor, and capital to establish a profitable venture for producing goods and services.
- Barter: The exchange of one good or service for another.
- Profit: Surplus funds remaining after all expenses have been covered.
- Loss: Situation where total sales are not enough to cover all expenses.
- Trade: The buying and selling of goods and services.
- Organisation: A social arrangement that pursues collective goals, such as producing goods and services.
- Economy: The system within a country that determines the production, exchange, and consumption of goods and services.
- Producer: Any individual or organisation that makes goods and services.
- Consumer: Any individual or organisation that uses goods and services.
- Exchange: The voluntary trade of goods and services.
- Goods: Tangible products that have been produced, such as cars, rice, and clothing.
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Types of Goods:
- Free Goods: Available to all without charge, e.g., air, sea, and sunshine.
- Public Goods: Can be consumed by all and are usually paid for by taxation, e.g., national defense.
- Merit Goods: Provide benefits to the consumer and society, e.g., health services and education.
- Service: Intangible products that have been produced, e.g., banking, transportation, and insurance.
- Market: Any place where buyers and sellers meet to engage in trade, also referred to as the demand for a product.
- Commodity: Any final good used for some purpose.
- Capital: Money used to acquire assets, and items (factories, equipment, machinery, etc.) used to create final products.
- Labour: The physical and mental contribution of individuals to the creation of goods and services.
The Development of Instruments of Exchange
- Over time, as commerce has developed, various instruments of exchange have evolved.
- Early Times: People cultivated land and reared animals to provide for their needs, which was the earliest form of man as an 'economic animal' and is known as direct production or subsistence economy.
- Surplus of Goods: As production increased, there was a surplus of goods, leading to the system of barter.
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Barter Problems:
- Double Coincidence of Wants: People could only trade with those who had what they wanted and were willing to trade what they had.
- Other problems: The system of barter was simple and helped create wealth, but it had other problems as well.
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