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DEFLATION: An extended decline in the average level of prices. This is the exact opposite of inflation--in which prices are rising over an extended period, and it should be contrasted with disinflation--which is a decline in the inflation rate. Like inflation, deflation occurs when the AVERAGE price level decreases over time. While some prices might decrease, other prices could increase or remain unchanged, so long as the AVERAGE follows a downward trend. Deflation is a rare bird indeed in our economy and typically happens only when we're in a prolonged period of stagnation. We might see some deflation during a fairly lengthy recession, but more than likely deflation saves itself for the occasional depression that dots our economic landscape.
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FOR WHOM? The allocation question that determines the distribution of goods and services among the members of society. In can be stated as: Who receives the goods and services produced with society's limited resources? This is one of three basic questions of allocation. The other two are What? and How?
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at a going out of business sale seeking to buy either a birthday gift for your mother or a weathervane with a horse on top. Be on the lookout for high interest rates.
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A communal society, a prime component of Karl Marx's communist philosophy, was advocated by the Greek philosophy Plato.
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"Chance favors only the prepared mind." -- Louis Pasteur, biologist
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IROR
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