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LIBERAL: A political view that favors--(1) paternalistic government, (2) correction of market failure with government intervention, (3) equal opportunities for all citizens regardless of race, age, gender, ethnic origin, or planet of origin, (4) redistribution of income and wealth, and (5) extensive regulation and control by government over the profit-seeking businesses of the second estate.
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Lesson 1: Economic Basics | Unit 5: Policies
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Several problems prevent market deficiencies from being efficiently corrected by government action. Government imperfections: - Voter Apathy: When people don't vote, leaders don't know what the public really wants.
- Special Interest Groups: Those with influence, can adversely affect government policies.
- Re-election Minded Politicians: Leaders who please only a few, won't represent everyone.
- Complex Bureaucracies: Complexity keeps public workers from being responsible for their actions.
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SUPPLY DECREASE A decrease in the willingness and ability of sellers to sell a good at the existing price, illustrated by a leftward shift of the supply curve. A decrease in supply is caused by a change in a supply determinant and results in a decrease in equilibrium quantity and an increase in equilibrium price. A supply decrease is one of two supply shocks to the market. The other is a supply increase.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time searching for rummage sales wanting to buy either a coffee cup commemorating the 2000 Olympics or a birthday gift for your grandmother. Be on the lookout for the last item on a shelf.
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The first "Black Friday" on record, a friday marked by a major financial catastrophe, occurred on September 24, 1869 -- A FRIDAY -- when an attempted cornering of the gold market induced a financial crises and economy-wide depression.
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"It is very rare that you meet with obstacles in this world (that) the humblest man has not the faculties to surmount. " -- Henry David Thoreau, philosopher
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LIBOR
london Inter-Bank Offered Rate
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