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TRANSACTIONS DEPOSITS: A fancy, schmancy, official term for checkable deposits. This is the term typically used by the Federal Reserve System when they speak of checking accounts. The logic is that this are the accounts that are used to conduct transactions, that is, are used as money.
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VOTING PARADOX: The observation that voting by a relatively small group of people might generate a intransitive or inconsistent ranking of three or more alternatives, creating a paradox of rankings. The preferences of rational individuals are generally assumed to transitive and consistent, that is, if a person prefers A to B and B to C, then the person also prefers A to C. However, the preferences of group of voters might not be consistent. That is, as a group, voters might prefer A to B and B to C, but then prefer C to A. This is not only paradoxical and confusing, it also can be inefficient. See also | public choice | majority rule | super majority rule | unanimity rule | plurality rule | logrolling | explicit logrolling | implicit logrolling | Tiebout hypothesis | principal-agent problem | principle of the median voter |
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FALLACIES Logical errors in an argument or evaluation of a policy. The six common fallacies that surface in economic analysis are: false cause, personal attack, division, composition, false authority, and mass appeal. These fallacies are most troublesome because, although false, they seem correct, especially when used by slick-talking, charismatic people (politicians) or when the fallacies support preconceived notions or fundamental beliefs.
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During the American Revolution, the price of corn rose 10,000 percent, the price of wheat 14,000 percent, the price of flour 15,000 percent, and the price of beef 33,000 percent.
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"Think not of yourself as the architect of your career but as the sculptor. Expect to have to do a lot of hard hammering and chiseling and scraping and polishing. " -- B. C. Forbes, founder, Forbes magazine
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TIFFE
Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange (Japan)
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