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INDUSTRIAL UNION: A labor union composed of workers in the same industry, often for several different firms, but no necessarily in the same occupation. Common examples of industrial unions represent workers in the automobile, steel, and textile industries. Industrial unions generally exert market control by establishing minimum wages paid to their members. The Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) began as a collection of industrial unions.
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Lesson 4: Production Possibilities | Unit 2: The Schedule
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This is a simple, hypothetical production possibilities schedule for the economy.- The economy is using all resources with given technology to efficiently produce two goods, jogging shoes and quartz clock calibrators.
- Bundles A through K represent production alternatives for the economy, such as bundle D with 3 calibrators and 425 pairs of shoes. We have unlimited possibilities using available resources and technology to the fullest extent.
- All shoes, no calibrators, bundle A.
- All calibrators, no shoes, bundle K.
- Some of each good, bundles E or J.
- How about 9 calibrators and 410 pairs of shoes? No! Each bundle is the maximum we can produce.
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ABILITY-TO-PAY PRINCIPLE A taxation principle stating that taxes should be based on the ability to pay taxes. The ability-to-pay principle works from the proposition that those who have the greatest income should pay the most taxes. The ability-to-pay principle is the only reasonable way to finance the provision of public goods such as national defense, public health, and environmental quality. This is one of two taxation principles. The other is the benefit principle, which states taxes should be based on the benefits received.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at a going out of business sale wanting to buy either a set of luggage with wheels or a birthday gift for your aunt. Be on the lookout for telephone calls from former employers.
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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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"The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those that fail. " -- Napoleon Hill, author
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AFRA
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