There are 94 entries in the GLOSS*arama starting with the letter B.

Entries 1 through 35:

• b
• Baby Boomer
• backstop resource
• backward-bending labor supply curve
• balance of payments
• balance of payments deficit
• balance of payments surplus
• balance of services
• balance of trade
• balance of trade deficit
• balance of trade surplus
• balance sheet
• balanced budget
• balanced-budget amendment
• balanced-budget multiplier
• bank
• bank assets
• bank balance sheet
• bank failure
• Bank for International Settlements
• bank liabilities
• Bank of the United States
• bank panic
• Bank Panic of 1907
• bank reserves
• bank run
• banking
• bankruptcy
• banks
• bar chart
• barrier to entry
• barter
• barter economy
• barter exchange
• BBB

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Unemployment attributable to relatively regular and predictable declines in particular industries or occupations over the course of a year, often corresponding with the climatic seasons. Unlike cyclical unemployment, which may or may not occur at any given time, seasonal unemployment is an essential part of many jobs. For example, a regular, run-of-the-mill, department store Santa Clause can count on 11 months of unemployment each year. Seasonal unemployment is one of four unemployment sources. The other three are cyclical unemployment, frictional unemployment, and structural unemployment.

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In the same mini-mall with Dr. Nova Cain's dental offices and Smilin' Ted's All Comers Insurance Agency, resides Manny Mustard's House of Sandwiches -- one of those small, out-of-the-way, off-the-wall sorts of restaurants that has great food, excellent service, and plenty of atmosphere. Manny, the proprietor, is a good friend of mine who's struggling to turn his dream of restauranteering into reality. His restauranteering dream doesn't stop with one small, out-of-the-way, off-the-way restaurant with great food, excellent service, and atmosphere. No, Manny is shooting for a nation-wide chain of Manny Mustard's House of Sandwiches. He wants to go from being an overworked, underappreciated member of the third estate to a member of the second estate who overworks and underappreciates others. To help out my good friend Manny, let's take a long, hard look at the differences between small business and the larger, Fortune 500 kind.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time looking for the new strip mall out on the highway trying to buy either a birthday greeting card for your uncle or a T-shirt commemorating the 2000 Presidential election. Be on the lookout for the happiest person in the room.
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