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PATENT: The guaranteed ownership and control of an invention, innovation, or production technique by government for a period of time (currently 17 years). A patent gives the owner the exclusive rights to sell, market, license, or otherwise generate revenue from an invention, innovation, or production technique. Patents are designed to encourage inventions and other developments that promote technological advances. However, they are also an entry barrier and lead to market control.
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Lesson 3: Scarcity | Unit 5: THE Problem
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An important aspect of scarcity is the fact that almost nothing is free.- That's why economists are fond of saying: 'There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
We have always faced limited resources and we've always wanted more than we can produce.- Scarcity is definitely THE Economic Problem.
- Everything we do from in economic terms-production, consumption, working, attending college-is directed toward this problem.
- Scarcity is important to many, perhaps even all, other human activities.
- Education? Without scarcity, education is not needed.
- Government? Without scarcity, government is not needed.
- What about vacations, religion, television?
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LAW OF DIMINISHING MARGINAL RETURNS A principle of short-run production stating that as a firm combines more of a variable input with a fixed input, the marginal product of the variable input eventually declines. This is THE economic principle underlying the analysis of short-run production for a firm. It offers an explanation for the law of supply and the positive slope of the market supply curve.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at a flea market wanting to buy either a remote controlled World War I bi-plane or a wall poster commemorating Thor Heyerdahl's Pacific crossing aboard the Kon-Tiki. Be on the lookout for jovial bank tellers.
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In his older years, Andrew Carnegie seldom carried money because he was offended by its sight and touch.
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"Lord, where we are wrong, make us willing to change; where we are right, make us easy to live with. " -- Peter Marshall, US Senate chaplain
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ACIR
Advisory Council on Intergovernmental Relations
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