Economic Chapter 3 Test 
  
    Created by jrogers
  
  
  
  
    
      
      
    
  
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            public transfer payment 
          
        
          a transfer paymnet in which the government transfers income from taxpayers to reciepeint who do not provide anything in return 
        
      
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            market failure 
          
        
          occurs when people who are nt part of the marketplace interaction benefit from it or pay part of its cost
        
      
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            public goods 
          
        
          products provided by ferderal, state and local government and consumered by the public as a group 
        
      
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            transfer payment 
          
        
          transfers of income from one person or group to another even though the receiver does not provide anything in return 
        
      
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            free rider 
          
        
          a person who avoids paying for a good or service but who benefits from that good or service anyway 
        
      
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            safety net 
          
        
          conisits of government programs designed to protect people from econmic hardship
        
      
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            infrastructure
          
        
          consist of all the goods and services that are necessary for the functioning of society