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Political Economy: The study of how politics and economics are related and how their relationship shapes the balance between freedom and equality. none
Property: Ownership of the goods and services exchanged through markets. Ex: land, buildings, businesses def
Markets: Interactions between the forces of supply and demand, and they allocate resources through process of those interactions. def
Public goods: Goods provided or secured by the state that are available for society that are available for society and indivisible, meaning that no one private person or organization own them def
Social Expenditures: State's provision of public benefits, such as education, health care, and transportation, or welfare or welfare state. Def
Gross Domestic Product: Total market value of goods and services produced by one country in a year. Def.
Central Bank: An institution that controls how much money is flowing through the economy as well as how much it costs to borrow money in that economy def.
Inflation: increase in the general price level of goods and services in the economy when demand outstrips supply. def
Hyperinflation: Inflation that is higher than 50 percent a month for more than two months in a row. def
Deflation: When too many goods are chasing too little money. def
Regulation: Rules or orders that set the boundaries of a given procedure may take different forms. 1. Regulations may be economically in nature. 2. Economic regulations may also control what firms may operate in what markets.
Monopoly: Market controlled by a single producer def
Tariffs: Taxes on imported goods def
Quotas: Limit the quantity of certain goods coming into the country and other nontariff regulatory barriers. def
Nontariff Regulatory Barriers: Create health, packaging, or other restrictions and whose purpose is to protects citizens and make it difficult or expensive for foreign goods to be sold in the local market. def
Comparative Advantage: The ability to produce a particular good or service relatively more efficiently than other countries. def
Mercantilism: Stands apart in the debate over freedom and equality that separates liberalism, social democracy, and communism def
Parastatals: Attempting to create or control businesses that are viewed as critical for international competitiveness def
Purchasing Power Parity: Attempts to estimate the buying power of income in each country by comparing similar costs such as food and housing expenses, by using prices in U.S. as a benchmark. def
Gini Index: Mathematical formula that measures the amount of economic inequality in a society. def
Human Development Index: Created by the UN Development , not only looks at the total amount of wealth in a society and its distribution but also gives equal weight to income, health, and average years of schooling. def
Economic Liberalization: Cutting taxes, reducing regulation, privatizing state-owned businesses and state owned businesses and public goods, and expanding property rights. def.
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