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Khan Academy: Production Possibilities Curve

9th - 10th
The production possibilities curve (PPC) is a graph that shows all of the different combinations of output that can be produced given current resources and technology. Sometimes called the production possibilities frontier (PPF), the PPC...
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Khan Academy: Rival and Excludable Goods

9th - 10th
In this video [10:13] learn the difference between rivalry and excludability, and how these characteristics determine whether a good is a private good, public good, artificially scarce good, or common resource.
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Khan Academy: Scarcity and Rivalry

9th - 10th
This video [6:31] discusses two closely related ideas in economics: scarcity and rivalry.
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Khan Academy: Scarcity

9th - 10th
Dealing with scarcity is the basis of economics, but what does it mean to say that something is scarce? In this video [5:44], we explore the definition of scarcity in economics and how scarce resources are different from free resources.
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Khan Academy: Four Factors of Production

9th - 10th
Economists traditionally divide the factors of production into four categories: land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship. In this video, we define each of the four factors of production and provide examples of each. [6:14]
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Jennifer Wilkinscolvin: Youtube: Module 1: Scarcity and Choice

4th - 8th
An animated basic economic lesson about scarcity and choice. [2:08]
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B2 B Whiteboard: Scarcity

9th - 10th
The concept of Scarcity is the fundamental economic problem of having humans who have unlimited wants and needs in a world of limited resources. It states hat society has insufficient productive resources to fulfill all human wants and...
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Scarcity

6th - 8th
A short animation explaining why goods and services are scarce. [2:54]