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| HOW?: One of three basic questions of allocation (What? and For Whom? are the other two). Answering the "How?" question of allocation determines how society's limited resources will be combined in the production goods. Do we produce houses with wood or bricks? Do we make cars with automated robots or human labor? Visit the GLOSS*arama
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| CONSUMPTION The use of resources, goods, or services to satisfy wants and needs. At the macroeconomic level, consumption is reflected as expenditures by the household sector on gross domestic product. At the microeconomic level, consumption is important to utility, demand, and market exchanges. Consumption is the ultimate goal of economic activity.
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