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WAGNER ACT: An alternative title of the National Labor Relations Act passed in 1935, this modified and replaced the National Industrial Recovery Act that was declared unconstitutional earlier in the year. The Wagner Act was a major labor union promoting act under New Deal program of the Roosevelt administration The Wagner Act, also going by the acronym NLRA, outlawed unfair labor practices by employers, such as the refusal by a firm to negotiate with a union representing a majority of its employees. It also established the National Labor Relations Board, which oversees labor activities.
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AUTONOMOUS GOVERNMENT PURCHASES Government purchases by the government sector that do not depend on income or production (especially national income or gross domestic product). That is, changes in income do not generate changes in government purchases. Autonomous government purchases are best thought of as government purchases that the government sector undertake independent of income. They are measured by the intercept term of the government purchases line. The alternative to autonomous government purchases is induced government purchases, which do depend on income.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time lost in your local discount super center seeking to buy either several magazines on computer software or a T-shirt commemorating the second moon landing. Be on the lookout for door-to-door salesmen.
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The portrait on the quarter is a more accurate likeness of George Washington than that on the dollar bill.
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"If you wouldn't write it and sign it, don't say it." -- Earl Wilson, Columnist
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