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Cirular-flow diagram
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A visual model of the economy that shows how dollars flow through markets among households and firms.
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Production possibilities frontier
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A graph that shows the combinations of output that the economy can possibly produce given the available factors of production and the available production technology.
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Microeconomics
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The study of how households and firms make decisions and how they interact in markets.
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Macroeconomics
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The study of economy-wide phenomena, including inflation, unemployment, and economic growth.
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Positive statements
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Claims that attempt to describe the world as it is.
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Normative statements
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Claims that attempt to prescribe how the world should be.
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