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REGULATION, CAPTURE THEORY: Control of a regulatory agency by those entities, usually the businesses of a particular industry, that the agency is designed to regulate. Those industries subject to economic regulation that is intended to protect the public interest (consumers) invariably find it beneficial to exert influence over the regulatory agency. One common way of doing this is to have former or future employees in the industry "temporarily" work for the regulatory agency.

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WANTS

The psychological desires which make life just a little more enjoyable, but which are not biological necessities for life. Psychological wants are often contrasted with physiological needs that make life more enjoyable, but are not essential for existence.

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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at the confiscated property police auction seeking to buy either several magazines on home repairs or a remote controlled sports car with an air spoiler. Be on the lookout for bottles of barbeque sauce that act TOO innocent.
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Three-forths of the gold mined each year is used to manufacture jewelry.
"Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it. "

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Unfair Trade Practice
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