Chapter 7 - Economic Growth and Productivity

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Natural resources

________ have historically played a considerably larger role in determining production.

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forms of physical capital

All ________, that is, products that are used to produce other goods, are considered investment assets.

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private enterprises

Individuals and ________ spend the majority of their money on investments, which is how an economy's physical capital is formed.

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English economist Thomas Malthus

The ________ used the fixed quantity of land in the globe as the foundation of a gloomy forecast about future productivity in his renowned book An Essay on the Principle of Population, published in 1798.

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Long term economic growth

________ has been feasible in successful economies like the United States because of good laws, institutions that enforce those laws, and a stable political system that preserves those institutions.

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Excessive government interference

________ can stifle economic progress even when governments are not corrupt.

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production possibilities

The ________ curve depicts the various investment and consumer products combinations that Kyland can produce.

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