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Common Sense Economics What Everyone Should Know About Wealth & Prosperity by James Gwartney, Richard Stroup, and Dwight Lee 10 Key Elements of Economics CommonSenseEconomics.com

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3. Decisions are made at the margin.

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4. Trade promotes economic progress.

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5. Transaction costs are an obstacle to trade.

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6. Profits direct business toward activities that increase wealth.

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7. People earn income by helping others.

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8. Economic progress comes primarily through trade, investment, better ways of doing things, and sound economic institutions.

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9. The “invisible hand” of market prices directs buyers and sellers toward activities that promote the general welfare.

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10. Too often long-term consequences, or the secondary effects, of an action are ignored.

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