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AFL: The abbreviation for the American Federation of Labor, which started as a collection of craft unions in 1886, this is now one half of the umbrella organization for labor unions in the United States (the AFL part of AFL-CIO). As a collection of craft unions, the AFL primarily represented skilled workers in particular occupations. However, it also contained unions representing unskilled industrial workers, which led to a rift among AFL members in 1938 and spawned the formation of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). This rift was closed in 1955, when both joined together to form the AFL-CIO, which is the primary advocate for workers and labor unions in the United States.
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CHANGE IN QUANTITY DEMANDED A movement along a given demand curve caused by a change in demand price. The only factor that can cause a change in quantity demanded is price. A related, but distinct, concept is a change in demand.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time searching the newspaper want ads looking to buy either a how-to book on building remote controlled airplanes or an extra large beach blanket. Be on the lookout for bottles of barbeque sauce that act TOO innocent.
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The first "Black Friday" on record, a friday marked by a major financial catastrophe, occurred on September 24, 1869 -- A FRIDAY -- when an attempted cornering of the gold market induced a financial crises and economy-wide depression.
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"Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it. " -- Winston Churchill, British prime minister
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PTA
Preferential Trade Agreement
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