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FIRST ESTATE: In past centuries, this included the religious leaders and clergy. In modern times, I like to use it in reference to politicians and government leaders who can exert a great deal of control over resources through the coercive powers of government. One historical function of the first estate is to protect the less powerful consumers, taxpayers, and workers of the third estate from the market control typically held by the business leaders of the second estate. It is not uncommon, however, for an unhealthy degree of cooperation between the first and second estates, which often ends up with the enslavement of the third estate (figuratively and literally). At times help is forthcoming from the watchdog journalist of the fourth estate--unless they too have been overtaken by the ruling elite.
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Lesson Contents
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Unit 1: Price Taker |
Unit 2: Short-Run Output |
Unit 3: Doing Graphs |
Unit 4: Long-Run Equilibrium |
Unit 5: Evaluation |
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Perfect Competition
- The first unit of this lesson, Price Taker, begins this study with a look at the general structure of a perfectly competitive market.
- In the second unit, Short-Run Output, we take a look at the short-run production decision faced by a perfectly competitive firm based on the cost and revenue numbers.
- The third unit, Doing Graphs, then looks at the short-run production decision faced by a perfectly competitive firm using a graphical analysis of cost and revenue.
- In the fourth unit, Long-Run Equilibrium, we examine the nature of long-run adjustment by a perfectly competition industry when all inputs are variable.
- The fifth and final unit, Evaluation, then closes this lesson by considering the pros and cons of a perfectly competitive industry.
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UNILATERAL TRANSFERS A subset of the balance of payments current account that records the difference between gifts or transfers received from other nations and transfers sent to other nations. In includes gifts or transfers between individuals, and perhaps more important, it includes transfers between governments. Two other subsets of the current account include the balance on merchandise trade and balance on services. Unilateral transfers are not included in the balance of trade, which is the sum of the balance on merchandise trade and the balance on services.
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BLUE PLACIDOLA [What's This?]
Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time calling an endless list of 800 numbers wanting to buy either a set of tires or a birthday gift for your grandfather. Be on the lookout for malfunctioning pocket calculators. Your Complete Scope
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The New York Stock Exchange was established by a group of investors in New York City in 1817 under a buttonwood tree at the end of a little road named Wall Street.
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"A pint of sweat saves a gallon of blood. " -- General George Patton
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TIFFE Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange (Japan)
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