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SALES TAX: A tax on retail sales. This is major source of revenue for many state and local governments. Because poorer people tend to spend a larger share of their income on stuff covered by sales taxes, it tends to be a regressive tax. To reduce this regressiveness, some state and local governments excluded items like food and medicine.
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Lesson 6: Market Supply | Unit 4: Determinants
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Supply determinants shift the supply curve.- The supply curve is drawn assuming that only price and quantity change. The determinants are assumed to be constant.
- A change in one of the determinants can cause:
- An increase in supply, a rightward shift, which means that for any price, for every price, sellers are willing and able to sell more of the good.
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FIFTH RULE OF IMPERFECTION The fifth of seven basic rules of the economy, stating that the real world is not perfect, especially in terms of achieving an efficient allocation of resources. This rule means that markets often fail to achieve due to market failures, and that governments seldom satisfactorily enact the policies needed to correct market failings. As such, the real world is often faced with the lesser of two evils--imperfect markets or imperfect government.
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The first paper notes printed in the United States were in denominations of 1 cent, 5 cents, 25 cents, and 50 cents.
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"Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment." -- Rita Mae Brown ‚ Writer
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PIT Personal Income Tax
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