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THREE QUESTIONS OF ALLOCATION: The three basic questions that an economy must answer because of limited resources and unlimited wants and needs are: What? How? and For Whom? The basic problem of scarcity requires every society to determine: What goods to produce? How to produce the goods? and Who receives the goods that are produced?
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SPECIALIZATION The condition in which resources are primarily devoted to specific production tasks. This is one of THE most important and most fundamental notions in the study of economics. Civilized human beings have long recognized that limited resources can be more effectively used in the production of the goods and services that satisfy unlimited wants and needs if those resources specialize.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time flipping through mail order catalogs trying to buy either a graduation present for your niece or nephew or a toaster oven that has convection cooking. Be on the lookout for rusty deck screws.
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The penny is the only coin minted by the U.S. government in which the "face" on the head looks to the right. All others face left.
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"The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power. " -- Hugh White, U.S. Senator
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UTP
Unfair Trade Practice
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