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Production Possibilities Curve (or frontier): illustrates opportunity cost when you produce more of one type of good, you must sacrifice some of the other good  Specialization: allows people to concentrate on a single activity or area of expertise. Specialization increases productivity and efficient use of resources. We can specialize the Factors of Production (Land, Labor, and Capital!) Specialization can refer to skilled labor or human capital (for example, a brain surgeon) Specialization can also refer to workers having specialized jobs in a factory: assembly line production - everyone has a unique job to do, so they do it faster (more efficiently) and produce more! Major Economic Systems: Economic systems are created to answer the 3 basic Economic Questions: What to Produce, How to Produce, and For Whom to Produce Command (Central/Communism) A central government makes all major economic decisions and owns the productive resources (capital, land). 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