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EQUITY MARKET: A market that trades the equity of companies. In other words, a stock market.
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Lesson 1: Economic Basics | Unit 2: Doing Economics
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Science and Policy
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The study of economics involves both scientific investigation and policy analysis. Economists practice both: - Positive economics, which uses the scientific method to uncover the basic mechanism of the economy. It seeks to describe the way this world is ARE.
- Normative economics, which is the policy side of economics. It seeks to prescribe the way the world SHOULD BE.
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LIBERAL A political view that favors--(1) paternalistic government, (2) correction of market failure with government intervention, (3) equal opportunities for all citizens regardless of race, age, gender, ethnic origin, or planet of origin, (4) redistribution of income and wealth, and (5) regulation and control by government over the profit-seeking businesses of the second estate.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at a crowded estate auction hoping to buy either a T-shirt commemorating yesterday or a pair of handcrafted oven mitts. Be on the lookout for fairy dust that tastes like salt. Your Complete Scope
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Parker Brothers, the folks who produce the Monopoly board game, prints more Monopoly money each year than real currency printed by the U.S. government.
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"Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus." -- Alexander Graham Bell, inventor
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APR Annual Percentage Rate
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