Economically, when freedom under the rule of law is applied to the sphere of production and trade, its result is the free market in goods, services, relationships, and ideas.
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Economics
Economics is the science of production and trade under a division of labor (market) society.
Economic Actor
The economic actor — the entity that performs all economic decisions and actions — is the individual.
Economic Value
The economic value of a good or service is what an individual would exchange for a given good or service.
Production
Production is the act of creating — shaping materials into values –– goods and services for future consumption.
Consumption
Consumption is the act of consuming or using (up) values.
Wealth
Wealth is a material good or service that has value to human life (that has economic value.)
Division of Labor
In a division of labor society, individuals create values for future trade as opposed to self-consumption.
Trade
Trade is the act of voluntarily exchanging one value for another. (Theft is when the value is exchanged involuntarily).
Prices
The price of a good or service are the values it is exchanged for.
Money
Money is an asset used in a division of labor society as a medium for indirect exchange.
Free-Market
A free-market is a market free from the intiation of physical force, where all exchanges are voluntary.
Market Competition
Market competition is a peaceful form of cooperation.
Business Enterprise
A business (enterprise) is an organization that creates products/services to sell on the market with the goal of making a profit for its owners.
Profit and Loss
A business makes a financial profit/loss when its revenues are more/less than its costs.
Savings
Savings is wealth that is not consumed.
Capital
Capital is savings from production reinvested in an industry to produce wealth.
Entrepreneur
A capitalist (or entrepreneur) invests (and risks) capital in a business concern in the hopes of earning a profit in the future.