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ACCUMULATION: The process of acquiring an item and adding that item to others previously acquired. In an economic context this most often refers to the accumulation of capital, as in the phrase "capital accumulation." However, it is also used in the context of consumer durable goods, financial assets, money, wealth, and a host of other "stock" variables. When applied to capital, the process of accumulation occurs through investment.
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Lesson 11: Circular Flow | Unit 2: Financial Markets
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Investment is business expenditures on gross domestic product for capital goods.- The green flow from the business sector to the product markets is investment. The physical flow of capital goods moves in the opposite direction.
The process:- Financial markets have buyers (savers) and sellers (borrowers).
- Savers buy legal claims that divert income TO financial markets.
- Borrowers sell legal claims that divert income OUT of the financial markets.
- The business sector borrows income through financial markets, which is used to finance capital investment.
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COMPLEMENT-IN-PRODUCTION One of two (or more) goods that are simultaneously produced using a given resource. A complement-in-production is one of two alternatives falling within the other prices determinant of supply. The other is a substitute-in-production. An increase in the price of one complement good causes an increase in supply for the other.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time searching for a specialty store seeking to buy either a coffee cup commemorating the 2000 Olympics or a birthday gift for your grandmother. Be on the lookout for cardboard boxes.
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A communal society, a prime component of Karl Marx's communist philosophy, was advocated by the Greek philosophy Plato.
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LAD
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