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ADAM SMITH: A Scottish professor (born 1723, died 1790) who is considered the father of modern economics for his revolutionary book, entitled An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations published in 1776.
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ECONOMICS: A social science that studies the allocation of limited resources to the production of goods and services used to satisfy consumer's unlimited wants and needs. Five notable phrases contained in this definition that need further study are: (1) social science, (2) allocation, (3) limited resources, (4) production, and (5) unlimited wants and needs. See also | social science | allocation | scarcity | limited resources | unlimited wants and needs | production | consumption | satisfaction | goods | services | scientific method | macroeconomics | microeconomics | positive economics | normative economics | economist | Smith, Adam |
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MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION, CHARACTERISTICS The four key characteristics of monopolistic competition are: (1) large number of small firms, (2) similar but not identical products sold by the firms, (3) relative freedom of entry into and exit out of the industry, and (4) extensive knowledge of prices and technology.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at a crowded estate auction hoping to buy either a hepa filter for your furnace or a wall poster commemorating next Thursday. Be on the lookout for door-to-door salesmen.
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A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court!
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"Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops. " -- Thomas Watson Jr., IBM executive
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OECD
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
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