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QUOTA: A limit on the quantity of some sort of activity. Two of the more noted quotas are for employment and imports. Employment quotas have been used as a means of providing increased opportunities to blacks, hispanics, women, and other groups that have been historically subject to discrimination. Such quotas, however, tend to anger other groups, especially white males, who don't get favorable treatment. While employment or similar anti-discrimination quota systems might help address historical problems, they are not without cost. In particular, our economy's efficiency is likely to suffer if a less qualified member of an ethnic group is selected over someone who is more qualified. Import quotas have similar problems. They are one form of trade barriers that's usually intended to reduce the competition faced by a domestic producer.
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Lesson 4: Production Possibilities | Unit 4: Analysis
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We can use production possibilities to illustrate unemployment, too.- Unemployment is the condition that exists when some available resources are NOT engaged in the production of goods and services.
- Unemployment is interpreted as any bundle that places the economy INSIDE the production possibilities curve.
- With unemployment we don't get as much production as with full employment.
- Unemployment is as any bundle, such as L, inside the curve.
- M is not attainable.
- Unemployment applies to all types of resources.
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SHARE DRAFT ACCOUNTS Interest-paying checking accounts maintained by credit unions. These function much like standard demand deposit checking accounts in that the funds can be withdrawn "on demand" by writing a check, but an interest is paid on the outstanding balance. Share draft accounts are one type of checkable deposits. Others are demand deposits (standard checking accounts), negotiable order of withdrawal (NOW) accounts, and automatic transfer service (ATS) accounts.
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The average length of a "business lunch" is about 36 minutes.
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"I learned about the strength you can get from a close family life. I learned to keep going, even in bad times. I learned not to despair, even when my world was falling apart. I learned that there are no free lunches. And I learned the value of hard work. " -- Lee Iacocca
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ARCH Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity
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