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  2. Basic needs - Wikipedia

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    A traditional list of immediate "basic needs" is food (including water), shelter and clothing. [3] Many modern lists emphasize the minimum level of consumption of "basic needs" of not just food, water, clothing and shelter, but also transportation (as proposed in the Third talk of Livelihood section of Three Principles of the People ...

  3. Non-monetary economy - Wikipedia

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    The simplest example is the family household. Other examples include barter economies, gift economies and primitive communism. Even in a monetary economy, there are a significant number of nonmonetary transactions. Examples include household labor, care giving, civic activity, or friends working to help one another.

  4. Common good (economics) - Wikipedia

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    Wild fish are an example of common goods. They are non-excludable, as it is impossible to prevent people from catching fish. They are, however, rivalrous, as the same fish cannot be caught more than once. Common goods (also called common-pool resources [1]) are defined in economics as goods that are rivalrous and non-excludable. Thus, they ...

  5. Goods - Wikipedia

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    Economics focuses on the study of economic goods, or goods that are scarce; in other words, producing the good requires expending effort or resources. Economic goods contrast with free goods such as air, for which there is an unlimited supply.

  6. Goods and services - Wikipedia

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    Goods are items that are usually (but not always) tangible, such as pens or apples. Services are activities provided by other people, such as teachers or barbers.Taken together, it is the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services which underpins all economic activity and trade.

  7. Resource - Wikipedia

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    There are marked differences in resource distribution and associated economic inequality between regions or countries, with developed countries using more natural resources than developing countries. Sustainable development is a pattern of resource use, that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment . [ 1 ]

  8. 8 Foods You're Better Off Buying Non-Organic - AOL

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    Despite not having a peel or husk to remove, asparagus rarely contains pesticides according to the EWG, landing it at lucky No. 7 on the trusty Clean Fifteen list. For more food tips and advice ...

  9. Free good - Wikipedia

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    Examples in textbooks included seawater and air. Intellectual property laws such as copyrights and patents have the effect of converting some intangible goods to scarce goods. Even though these works are free goods by definition and can be reproduced at minimal cost, the production of these works does require scarce resources, such as skilled ...