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Unit 2
Characteristics of Capitalism and Business Organizations


“Capitalism knows only one color: that color is green [the color of money]; all else is necessarily subservient to it, hence, race, gender and ethnicity cannot be considered within it.” - Thomas Sowell


Essential Questions
1) How does competition affect the markets?
2) How can businesses and labor best achieve their goals?
3) Why is competition a pillar of the free enterprise system?
4) How do corporations get the money to start or expand operations?
5) How does competition determine the type of market structure?
6) Why is unlimited liability a major/key disadvantage in sole proprietorships and partnerships?

Student Objectives
Students will be able to explain...
1) market structures.

2) and identify the types of business ownerships.


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Unit 2 Vocabulary slides
Unit 2 Vocabulary

UNIT 2 Warm-ups


Business Organization

Forms of Business PPT
Forms of Business Notes
Business Org Research
Partnerships PPT
Corporations PPT
Sole Proprietors

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Market Structures

Market Structures PPT
Market Structures Notes
Market Structures Chart

Private Property

Private Property PPT
Private Property Notes

Role of Business in the US Economy

Role of Business in the US PPT
Role of Business Notes

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​“Those who cry out that the government should ‘do something’ never even ask for data on what has actually happened when the government did something, compared to what actually happened when the government did nothing.” - Thomas Sowell


Forms of Business Brochure

As Seen on TV Project

As Seen on TV Project
As Seen on TV Project Rubric

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