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ANNUAL: A standard 12-month period, or one year, used for reporting economic and financial data. Gross Domestic Product and related measures are noted economic data released annually. Many businesses also provide annual financial reports. Another standard reporting period is the quarter.

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Lesson 3: Scarcity | Unit 5: THE Problem Page: 15 of 17

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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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SCIENCE

A discipline, or topic of study, that uses the scientific method to investigate and explain the operation of the world by testing and verifying hypothesized relations. Science is commonly divided into physical sciences (including chemistry, physics, and biology) and social sciences (including economics, sociology, and political science). Science is not just a subject, but a method of investigation using the scientific method.

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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time flipping through mail order catalogs hoping to buy either a flower arrangement for that special day for your mother or a New York Yankees baseball cap. Be on the lookout for letters from the Internal Revenue Service.
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The Dow Jones family of stock market price indexes began with a simple average of 11 stock prices in 1884.
"The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining."

-- John F. Kennedy, 35th U. S. president

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