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BUSINESS SECTOR: The basic macroeconomic sector containing the private, profit-seeking firms in the economy that combine scarce resources into the production of wants-and-needs satisfying goods and services. The key economic function of the business sector is the production of goods and services. The three basic types of business organizations that comprise the business sector are proprietorship, partnership, and corporation. This is one of the four macroeconomic sectors. The other three are household sector, government sector, and foreign sector. You might want to check out the key role that the business sector plays in the circular flow.
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DECREASING MARGINAL RETURNS In the short-run production of a firm, an increase in the variable input results in a decrease in the marginal product of the variable input. Decreasing marginal returns typically surface after the first few quantities of a variable input are added to a fixed input. This is one of two types of marginal returns. The other is increasing marginal returns. A related phenomenon is diseconomies of scale associated with long-run production.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time touring the new suburban shopping complex trying to buy either a pair of handcrafted oven mitts or a coffee table shaped like the state of Florida. Be on the lookout for the happiest person in the room.
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The Dow Jones family of stock market price indexes began with a simple average of 11 stock prices in 1884.
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"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. " -- Annie Dillard, essayist
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