Early Economies | Money | Barter | Economic Systems | Business Organisation |
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What is scarcity?
The inability to satisfy human wants and needs
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What is an example commodity money ?
shells,beans
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What is barter?
the exchange of good and services for goods and services.
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What type of economic system does st.lucia have?
mixed
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What is a PLC?
public limited company
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How do we fix scarcity?
trade
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What are the characteristics of money?
generally acceptable
relatively scarce divisible durable potable |
What are the disadvantages of barter?
Double coincidence of wants, time consumption
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Give 2 examples of a capitalist country
u.s.a and britan
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What is limited liability?
liable only for debts equivalent to investment
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Why does scarcity occur?
Human wants are unlimited and resources are limited
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What does limited tender mean?
trader allowed to not accept after a certain amount.
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What are goods and services?
good: tangible services:intangible
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Give three examples of countries with enterprise economic systems
china,cuba,lao's republic
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What is a patnership?
Legal agreement with 2-20 people who pool resources together to form a business with at least one owner accepting unlimited liability.
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What is economic activity?
production,consumption and distribution of commodities take place.
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What is E commerce?
industry where the buying and selling of products or services is conducted over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks
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What are the features of battering?
double coincidence of wants, indivisibility of goods, rate of exchange and time consumption.
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What is a disadvantage of capitalist economy?
-inequalities of wealth
-little to no prod. of public goods -loads of production of demerit goods. |
Why are co-ops different than other companies?
main goal isn't to make a profit
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What is a modern day form of barter?
Countertrade
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What are the functions of money?
medium of exchange,unit of a/c , store of value , deferred payment
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How were the problems of barter solved?
Money
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Where can one find a traditional economic system?
traditional
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What's in a MOA
Co's name , address of office, objectives , authorized capital and declaration of limited liability.
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