Economics Chapter 3: The Factors of Production
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Terms to Know:
Section 1: Prosperity Does Not Grow on Trees
The Five Main Factors for Production:
- (1) Natural Resources
- (2) Labor
- (3) Capital
- (4) Entrepreneurship
- (5) Information
Types of Economies:
- A traditional economy is a system in which decisions involving the production, distribution, and consumption of goods are based upon on custom, heredity, and caste.
- A planned (directed) economy is a system in which a centralized authority determines the production and distribution of goods and services as well as things like savings, investments, and prices.
- A free enterprise economy is a system in which people are free to make their own economic choices, also know as private capitalism.
Section 2: The Factor of Natural Resources
- Natural resources are land and other raw materials.
Section 3: The Factor of Labor
- Labor refers to any work, whether physical or mental, that contributes to the production of goods and services.
- The labor of free men and women is usually more productive than the labor of slaves, serfs, and other people who are not free.