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Nelson Education > Higher Education > Principles of Microeconomics, Fourth Canadian Edition > Student Resources > Glossary of Key Terms > Chapter 2

Chapter 2. Thinking Like an Economist

 

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C

circular-flow diagram
a visual model of the economy that shows how dollars flow through markets among households and firms


M

macroeconomics
the study of economy-wide phenomena including inflation unemployment and economic growth

microeconomics
the study of how households and firms make decisions and how they interact in markets


N

normative statements
claims that attempt to prescribe how the world should be


P

positive statements
claims that attempt to describe the world as it is

production possibilities frontier
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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